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

Sesame will run free seminars to help mortgage advisers embed technology into their business to ensure they maximise the benefits of its preferred point of sale system, Mortgage Brain's The Key.

Peter Simon. backer of the company which has acquired the advisory businesses of The Money Portal (TMP) says its debt pile was too high to continue operating in today's market.

The future of overdraft fees paid by millions of customers could be decided after an appeal in the House of Lords this week, reports The BBC .

The flamboyant backer of the company which has acquired the advisory businesses of The Money Portal (TMP) says its debt pile was too high to continue operating in today's market.

Derek Stuart is realigning his portfolio defensively, predicting a flattening out of the surge in stock prices which has driven equity markets in recent months.

Liontrust is bringing to market its first global offering with the launch of a new equity fund at the end of this year.

The FTSE 100 has added 14.35 points (0.34%) to 4248.40 this morning despite news the outlook for jobs in the UK is worse than the 1990s recession.

Aberdeen looks set to sell the Credit Suisse income fund range to LV= Asset Management, with Graham Ashby and the team to join the group.

The fortunes of the UK's top 1000 IFA firms are polarising with 621 awarded a 'strong financial rating' whilst 64 are in a weakened financial state and 130 fighting for survival.