It's that time of year again, the big reveal of who has won the highly prized Aberdeen Platform awards. Here is part one (part two a little later). Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up...

The former finance director of failed investment firm Keydata has called the regulator's decision to fine him £350,000 and ban him from working in financial services for life, an ‘ill-informed stich-up'.

Guardian SIPP is in talks to allow investors trapped in troubled investments to buy their way out of paying mounting administration fees, and to have direct access to any money clawed back from the firms deemed liable for their losses.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined Keydata's former finance director, Craig McNeil, £350,000 for failures relating to the collapse of an investment worth billions at its peak.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has had its attempt to ban a director of failed investment firm Catalyst rejected.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has hired a policy adviser with a legal background that it said will help fight members' corners with regulatory bodies.

UK interest rates could need to be cut further to support growth and return inflation to target, the Bank of England's chief economist has said.

China: Fortune cookie or a ‘big casino'?

Close Brothers Asset Management is to sell its corporate business to JLT Employee Benefits for an undisclosed sum.

Troubled overseas property group Harlequin is encouraging investors to use compensation payouts to reinvest in its scheme - at the same time as it fights a settlement deal it reached with unhappy investors last year.