Life insurers are much less optimistic about the overall business situation than they were three months ago, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

National IFA and employee benefits consultancy LEBC Group has developed an online solution to help alleviate the impending capacity crisis being created by compulsory pension auto-enrolment.

National IFA 2plan has reported record turnover for the first few months of 2013, after posting its first-ever net profit in 2012.

Harlequin Property, the UK-based overseas property sales agent which is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation, is owed £86m by its overseas development arms and related businesses.

The Co-operative Group should pay for financial advice for bondholders set to be hit by its restructuring plan as soon as possible, says an action group.

A year after regulators ruled that banks were guilty of widespread mis-selling of £2 bn of interest rate ‘swaps', thousands of the small and medium-sized businesses affected are still waiting to receive compensation.

A growing number of small business owners are using private pension funds to provide capital for their firms.

Cyprus's debt ratings have been downgraded to "default" after it announced it would delay paying back 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £860m) of bonds.

Today is Bright Grey and Scottish Provident managing director Roger Edwards' last day in his role as he leaves to focus on marketing, social media, speaking - and yoga teaching.

John Misselbrook has been appointed interim chief executive by Aviva Investors in a bid to improve the company's investment proposition.