Norwich Union (NU) has added 23 funds to selected pensions products while standardising its stakeholder fund range with each product sharing the same 55 funds.

The Treasury was last night forced to deny that Alistair Darling was drawing up secret plans to raise VAT to 18.5% in the next parliament in an attempt to fill the black hole in the government's finances created by the recession and the massive stimulus...

Aegon UK is calling on policymakers to sanction the second large-scale overhaul in the pensions market in as many years to simplify legislation about taking income in retirement

There are many reasons to hold your head high as a financial adviser - helping clients secure their financial future coming top of the list.

The FSA has not ruled out the role of 'grandfathering' in the transition to higher industry qualifications, despite its apparent dismissal by the regulator's professionalism working group in the RDR Feedback Report.

New Star has suspended trading on its £674m International Property fund.

The FSA's failure to tackle how the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will apply in the corporate market could prove detrimental to thousands of consumers, Aegon says.

Advisers have responded angrily to an FSA decision not to reintroduce a 15 year long-stop rule on complaints, but the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) backs the move.

AIFA has criticised the FSA on every aspect of its RDR feedback statement, saying it "fundamentally disagrees" with most of its proposals.

The FSA says it currently sees 'no need' for a read-across of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) to the mortgage arena, but has refused to rule it out for good.