Mortgage Next is increasing general insurance commission payments for appointed representatives using the Source comparison system.

Skandia is set to make a number of rapid improvements to its investment solutions platform focusing on the delivery of a new charging structure.

Fears that the Bank of England may be forced into mounting a rescue operation of UK banks have been dismissed as "mis-placed scaremongering" by Ted Scott, manager of F&C Growth & Income fund.

The Government is "hell-bent" on destroying existing workplace pension schemes after allegedly reneging on a decision to implement a quality test designed to measure them against Personal Accounts, according to Standard Life.

House prices are falling at their fastest rate since 1990, when Britain was in the grip of a major economic downturn.

The FTSE 100 has plunged 24.60 points (0.44%) this morning to 5503.50, with mining and resources companies leading the fall.

The FSA has issued a consultation paper proposing Handbook changes that are required to implement aspects of the Payment Services Directive (PSD), a rule relevant to card payments, direct debits and money transfers.

Skandia is rapidly accelerating the development of its platform which will include a new charging structure to enable customer agreed remuneration (CAR).

Fidelity FundsNetwork is launching a cash account which claims to reward advisers commission at no extra cost to their clients, whilst also paying the highest rate of interest offered by any platform.

American smaller companies outperformed their larger brethren over the three months to 18 August, according to Threadneedle.