The housebuilder Barratt Developments has said the recovery in the housing market is spreading.

Brooks Macdonald, the AIM listed wealth management group, has reported pre-tax profits up 22% for the year ending June 2013, though warned of future pressures on margins.

BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE

An IFA who has been plagued by phone calls from pension liberation promoters has decided to fight back against this shadowy part of the industry by reporting the firms to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The Consulting Consortium client services director Ian Stott asks will a ban on legacy commissions create positive consumer outcomes?

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has compensated investors to the tune of £960,000 over the failure of Honister Capital.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has appointed Justin Onuekwusi as a fund manager focusing on the firm's retail and risk-profiled multi-asset funds.

PROPERTY

Sesame, the adviser network arm of Sesame Bankhall group, has reported a loss for 2012 of £9.3m - four times its losses in 2011 - as a provision for a regulatory fine took its toll.

Pension savers are being warned to regularly update the documents that say who should get money from their pension pot if they die.