Aviva today moved to quell growing unrest about its future distribution strategy by reiterating it has "no interest" in targeting advisers' existing clients.

IFAonline is launching the latest in its successful Ask The Experts series which will be based around SSAS (Small Self Administered Schemes).

The Bank of England (BoE) has revealed that lending in the UK rose slightly over April, with the increase in total net lending to individuals standing at £1.3bn - higher than the March increase of £0.7bn.

Nizam Hamid, head of sales strategy at iShares, discusses research that proves the difficulty of consistent outperformance in active management and the benefits of blending active and passive funds

Borrowers with the state-owned Bradford & Bingley (B&B) are defaulting on one in twenty mortgages and the failure rate is set to go even higher.

The FTSE has dived 1.06% in early trading this morning as Barclays plummeted on news one of its largest Middle Eastern shareholders is offloading its stake in the bank.

Ascentric will run three forums next week to provide platform users with updates surrounding key technology and service developments.

Corporate conferences are certainly proving to be more thrifty and conservative than in previous years given the current economic situation.

The FSA was too focussed on its role as a consumer protector in the run up to the financial crisis and failed in its oversight of macro-prudential requirements, according to a House of Lords committee.

The pound has risen to $1.70 as it hits a seven month high against the dollar.