Chapters of the impending RDR consultation paper have been redrafted on "numerous" occasions in recent weeks as the FSA continues to um and ah over its proposals.

Sale-and-rent-back provider Residential Property Solutions (RPS) has launched a charter to encourage other firms to raise their standards and to help consumers and brokers avoid cowboy operators.

The Pension Protection Fund has announced that it will set a pension protection levy estimate of £700m, indexed to wages, for 2010/11.

IFAs and SIPP operators are among 11 people arrested in connection with a suspected £2.5m pension fraud.

The US Treasury has boosted its tax information exchange arrangements with Switzerland by amending the US-Switzerland income tax treaty.

More borrowers chose fixed rates over variable rates in Q2 2009, according to Legal & General (L&G) .

Net mortgage lending of £2.3bn by the banks was the weakest monthly rise since early 2001, according to statistics from the British Bankers Association (BBA).

Changes to tax relief on pension contributions risk damaging pension saving in the UK, according to the Lords Finance Bill Committee.

The average number of live mortgage products available to intermediaries has fallen by 6.45% from April to 2,673 in May, according to the June TrigoldCrystal Product Index.

Professional advisers using wraps and platforms are being called upon to vote in the Platform Awards 2009.