Politicians love using music to get their message across to the masses. But if X-Factor has taught us anything, it's not everyone should be trusted with picking the party music.

More than half of UK adults are creating secondary pensions savings and investments, as inadequate retirement pots create fear about living longer on less, Prudential research suggests.

The FSA has banned three mortgage brokers from working in regulated financial services and fined a fourth £17,500 for mortgage fraud and advice failings.

Re-linking pensions with earnings will not profit retirees as much as knowledge of the open market option (OMO), says Hargreaves Lansdown's Tom McPhail.

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are heading in different directions over the timetable and rate of a levy on Britain's banks.

SimplyBiz has appointed Paul Savage and Sophie Metcalf to investment consultancy roles in recently launched Verbatim Asset Management.

More than a quarter of providers believe they have no duty to tell customers about their retirement options, because the sole responsibility rests with advisers, research suggests.

UK life and pension sales at Standard Life soared by almost a quarter in Q1 2010, beating expectations as UK customers shrugged off economic woes.

The UK economy remains balanced between recession and recovery, Alistair Darling warned today, saying there are no guarantees the current upturn will continue.

A new RDR-compliant diploma which allows advisers to learn within 24 hours if they have passed or failed certain modules is being launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).