Sales at Lloyds Banking Group's life and pensions brands fell by almost a quarter in the first three months of 2009.

The Treasury will need to pay at least £16 billion more over the next five years to convince investors to buy the £815 billion of gilts that it needs to sell to cover government borrowing requirements, The Times has learnt.

The role of the paraplanner is becoming more and more important for advisory businesses, Nick Cann says.

The FTSE 100 climbed in early trading on Thursday but further reports of bad debt for banks stifled progress.

House prices in Britain fell by 1.7% last month and by 17.7% in the three months to April compared with a year earlier, according to the latest Halifax house price index.

Three in four financial advisers argue the current recovery in equity prices is nothing more than a bear market rally, despite some words to the contrary from investment guru Anthony Bolton this week.

Confidence appears to be returning to the mortgage intermediary market, with brokers stating they expect to do more mortgage business for the first time in over a year, research by Paragon Mortgages has shown.

The FSA should be broken up to help prevent the kind of failures which led to the credit crunch and global financial crisis, according to AIFA.

Reports of improving prospects for the housing market are misplaced, according to research suggesting banks are upping the number of new mortgages requiring giant deposits.

An investigation by consumer champion Which? found NatWest's MoneySense service does not always deliver the impartial advice it promises.