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.

A European-wide Systemic Risk Board and three separate agencies will be set up to monitor securities, banks and insurance companies, but Britain has been assured the deal will not weaken its sovereignty.

The FSA has imposed a lifetime ban on David Marriott, the former chief executive of two insurance intermediaries, for persistent misuse of client money.

Twitter has edged just ahead of Facebook to become British enterprises' favourite social network, research suggests.