Advisers should take a cautious approach to drawdown of Protected Rights within SIPPs, the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) warns, after receiving clarification on the rules from the Government.

Ten days before his arrest, Bernard Madoff received $250m from a man who helped give him his start on Wall Street, a move that shows how the investment manager tried to raise cash to stave off his firm's collapse, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has lined up a number of top performing fund managers to speak at its annual investment forum, which it hopes will help advisers tackle the difficult market conditions.

Bridging loan specialist Tiuta has joined forces with Savills Lending Solutions (SLS) to launch its "Suspension Bridge" offering.

Investors looking to buy property in 2009 must consider more than just location to capture capital growth and income generation.

I hope you all had a restful break and are ready to return to the fast paced protection industry that we know and love. And wasn't it just that last year?

Standard Life has confirmed it has cut its stakeholder with-profits fund payouts by up to 10%.

HSBC Global Asset Management has made its Luxembourg-based fund range available to UK advisers via Cofunds.

Mortgage brokers are successfully cross-selling as they search for fresh income streams in the credit crunch, research suggests.

The FTSE APCIMS index is set to reduce its commercial property weighting to reflect the major downturn in the sector.