A firm marketing hedge fund and pay day loan investments to the general public has bowed to pressure from financial advisers and pledged to overhaul its website after concerns the language it uses sets out to deceive potential investors.

PA readers are a committed lot, keen to read us even on their summer hols. But one adviser saw something that melted his Mr Whippy..

A former financial adviser has been jailed for six years for stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from vulnerable clients - including more than £103,000 from a person with learning difficulties.

Provider Aegon has been accused of poaching dozens of an adviser's clients but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the provider has broken no rules despite complaints from retirees.

David Brooks looks at one reason why so many people think advisers' services are redundant...

A new survey has suggested the real reasons just one in five of the over-55s - and just 13% of men - are willing to pay for financial advice.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

Phoenix Life has backed down from demanding a saver get financial advice before it would release his £13,300 pension pot.

The UK's economic recovery could be undermined if interest rates are kept at record lows for too long, Bank of England policymaker Kristin Forbes has warned.

Suspended second hand life policy investment EEA Life Settlements has found a broker with clients interested in buying up investors' trapped holdings - at a discount.