Independent City economist Roger Bootle says soaring inflation fears are unfounded and UK CPI will 'collapse' by 2013.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will publish a 'plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance next year, because it says many advisers are still 'very unsure' about how to comply with the new rules.

Lifemark's Luxembourg administrator has rejected FSA claims the regulator is "working closely" with the cash-strapped fund to avoid its liquidation.

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has pledged to take up the fight for Keydata investors after being contacted by an IFA with clients' money in the failed investment company.

The FSA has stripped five firms of their permissions to trade after they failed to submit Retail Mediation Activities Returns (RMARs).

Four MPs from Norfolk have pledged to get justice for investors with money caught up in failed investment firm Keydata.

Thousands of IFAs exposed to crippling Lifemark and Keydata compensation claims face bankruptcy because a common insolvency exclusion in professional indemnity (PI) insurance will leave them without cover.

A consortium of IFAs and investors, including Norwich & Peterborough (N&P), are in talks to unite to try to save troubed Keydata backer Lifemark, which needs immediate investment to the tune of £13m.

Stephen Gay is taking over as director general of AIFA. But can, and should, an insurance company director represent IFAs' concerns, fight your corner, fly your flag?

Chris Cummings, the outgoing director general of AIFA, has lauded replacement Stephen Gay as a 'man of integrity' and says his recent past as an Aviva director does not matter.