AXA Wealth managing director of specialist products Nick Elphick considers what the future has in store for ‘traditional', standalone products.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it is awaiting the results of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into failed property investment Arck before deciding whether it will compensate over advice to invest in it.

Mark Carney's revolutionary "forward guidance" on interest rates is so half-baked it could pose a threat to financial stability, a former Bank of England economist has warned.

Barclays is launching an unprecedented review of the overdraft fees and charges faced by nearly 12 million of its current account customers in a bid to make a decisive break from the "sins of the past".

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has won Germany's election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.

Royal Mail has sought to stave off a strike threat to its £3bn stock market flotation by offering its workers a new pension deal.

Bankhall is urging firms to identify and review emerging risks within their business in light of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) increasing focus on retail conduct risk - and has launched a tool for advisers to help them.

David Ingram, partner at support services firm Aim Two Three, has been appointed president of the Personal Finance Society (PFS).

Tailormade, which advised on self-invested personal pension (SIPP) transfers into troubled overseas property company Harlequin and was a major distributor of Harlequin investments, is entering liquidation because it can't finance redress payments to clients....

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