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.

A Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into criminal wrongdoing by multi-million pound overseas investment Harlequin is entering the "final stages", the SFO said, as it asks investors for the latest information on their dealings with the company....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned another former director of one of the main distributors of troubled investment Harlequin Property, fining him £165,900 for failings linked to pension advice.

The amount of tax the government has collected from people breaching the lifetime pension allowance (LTA) has risen by 276% since George Osborne became Chancellor.

Far from bowing out gracefully after getting booted in the Budget, the PIP is having a final hurrah of complexity...