The ABI has charged IFAs with misjudging the risk of depositors placing money in collapsed bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man (KSFIOM).

Jersey Finance has appointed Clive Boothman to head its representative office in London.

Annuity rates have fallen dramatically this month as the market begins to adjust to the economic downturn.

Recently there has been so much doom and gloom, especially now we are officially in a recession, and I feel that many of my past blogs were a bit sombre as a result.

Written by Gary Dale, is head of intermediary sales at Investec Structured Products

The FSA was warned in 2005 not to approve Kaupthing's takeover of Singer & Friedlander (S&F) following concerns over the way the Icelandic bank was run.

The Financial Services Authority is proposing a short-selling disclosure requirement for all UK listed stocks but not a full ban on the practice.

Anne Gunther, chief executive at Standard Life Bank, has stepped down after almost seven years heading up the insurance firm's lending division.

Trustees of schemes hit by the drop in value of Standard Life's Pension Sterling fund have approached their legal advisers after member complaints.

Ashley Law, a privately owned national IFA firm with 40 practices based around the UK, has announced that it will join the Intrinsic Financial Services Group for a new joint expansion plan.