Specialist mortgage comparison website company Mform has gone into administration.

The FSA has held secret discussions with stakeholders about delaying the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) for at least one year.

The FSA will spend more than £300m on staff costs in the coming financial year it announced today, after proposing to up its annual fees by £117m.

The FTSE 100 stayed down all afternoon, dropping 1.6% as of 2.45pm, with every sector following suit.

The Mortgage Trading Exchange (MTE) has doubled its market share of all mortgage transactions processed in the UK in the past 12 months.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) will host a conference designed to guide intermediaries through key business areas usually overlooked in favour of more technical subjects.

Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC) has announced the results of its fifth annual e-Excellence study for Group Personal Pensions, with Aegon Scottish Equitable taking top spot.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is set to increase its budget from £31.5m to £641.5m - just under 2,000% - for the next financial year, but the FSA says deposit-taking firms will bear the brunt in levies.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed the 2009 Budget will be held on 22 April.

The extent of the decline in the mortgage market has been exposed by Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures showing activity in 2008 hit its lowest level for 34 years.