The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has censured Exclusive Asset Management, a Birmingham based IFA, for investment advice failings.

Consumer complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service(FOS) are still overwhelmingly linked to mis-sold payment protection insurance, with investment products sparking relatively few grievances.

The IMF has said Britain's economy has less capacity to grow quickly over the next few years than the government had hoped, raising the spectre of more tax rises and spending cuts to keep Britain's recovery on track.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said it would be concerned if firms claiming to be independent made "extensive" use of a single platform, or only one which pays a rebate.

Senior financial services executives are concerned the FSA's post-crisis clampdown is harming the UK's international competitiveness, according to a poll.

Mark Wilson, former chief executive of Asian life assurer AIA, is trying to raise private equity backing to bid for the non-core emerging markets businesses of Aviva, according to reports.

Financial secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, has announced that two deregulatory amendments to the EU Prospectus Directive have been brought into effect a year early by the UK to help small businesses access equity finance more cheaply and effectively....

President Barack Obama has announced a deal to end the US debt crisis, which will raise the nation's debt ceiling by at least $2.1trn and cut the federal deficit by as much as $2.5trn over a decade.

Arch cru investors want to know why Capita won't be fined like 27 other firms who they say failed in the same way. Levy paying IFAs should want to know too.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) will be forced to defend claims made in its television promotions - and even the use of the word advice in its name - to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).