Conforto Financial Management has raised close to £1m from existing and new investors and is set for further expansion in the near future.

The Brooks Service Group pension scheme has become the 100th to transfer to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Mortgage advisers hold financial institutions, regulators and the Government responsible for the credit crunch, a survey by Marketing Innovation Forum (MIF) has revealed.

There has been a significant improvement in firms' key facts documents (KFDs) since major failings were identified in a 2007 review, the FSA says.

Every one of the 28 critical illness (CI) claims declined by Skandia in 2008 was due to the definition not being met, it reveals today.

Intermediaries have voiced their frustration after HSBC launched a pilot scheme offering "impartial" mortgage advice in-branch.

The FTSE 100 reversed some of the strong gains recorded yesterday as commodity stocks dragged the index down more than 86 points, or 2.21%, to 3,839.

Cattles, the beleaguered sub-prime lender, warned shareholders today it would have to write down up to £850m because of defaulting borrowers in the wake of an external investigation into its accounting scandal, writes The Times .

Police and the FSA have arrested a senior corporate finance adviser and another person as part of an insider dealing investigation.

Blue Sky Asset Management has launched an income plan offering the potential for 6% annual income over five years.