The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that claims at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) relating to failed stockbroker Direct Sharedeal - which could total £13m - will be paid for by investment advisers.

A man and woman from Enfield who ran a financial advice firm have each been jailed for two years for fraudulently trying to claim almost £145,000 in Gift Aid.

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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun paying out the claims of investors who put money into contracts for difference (CfD) with trader Direct Sharedeal.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that Britons concealing money in the Isle of Man have three years to own up and get their affairs in order.

London Capital Group, an online trading platform, has paid out £1.2m to investors who invested via the failed Integrity product over losses linked to commission rebating of the fund in the first half of 2009.

British workers are the worst prepared in the world for retirement, a new study has shown.

Workers and pensioners are being warned to double-check their tax codes or face being landed with shock bills that they cannot appeal.

Pressure is mounting on the boss of Lloyds to give up his bonus after the bank was rocked by yet another hit relating to a mis-selling scandal.