The corporate bond sectors continue to lead sales at Cofunds, accounting for 39% of net sales in the first quarter, according to the platform.

AIFA has called for greater understanding of how 'advice' and 'sales' channels can work in tandem rather than fight each other post-RDR and repeated its plea for a 15-year long-stop on complaints.

Ascentric chief executive Hugo Thorman has set his sights on signing more large IFA firms to the wrap platform after snaring Chartwell earlier this month.

Barclays intends to increase lending to its UK customers and clients in 2009 by £11bn, with half of that figure going to homeowners and homebuyers.

Wet signatures on protection applications could be a thing of the past after the ABI entered into discussions with the Government.

Suffolk Life will remove fees for protected rights funds from 1 May 2009, it has confirmed.

Plans for a Government blacklist naming and shaming tax cheats who have swindled the Exchequer out of over £25,000 could encourage further abuse, according to accountancy firm, PKF.

Advisers expect to be selling 20% more protection cover within six months, a survey suggests.

Mike Allison, the managing director of Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS), has been made redundant after seven years at the network.

Alistair Darling's move to introduce a fresh tax amnesty inviting holders of offshore accounts to disclose any unpaid tax has been dubbed "disappointing" for its "serious" lack of detail by accountancy giant PKF says.