The FSA has fined Winterflood, the largest market-maker on AIM, and two of its traders £4.25m for market abuses.

Auto-enrolment is opening up a pensions knowledge gap among employers which the industry should be filling warn IFAs.

The Liberal Democrats are enjoying a surge in voter confidence in their ability to improve household finances across Britain, according to a survey by Markit/YouGov.

IFAonline investigates the cult of Cable and asks what do we really know about the Sage of ,er, Twickenham?

Offshore advisers predict rising sales of Qualifying Registered Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) products this year, mainly because income drawn avoids UK tax.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) will oppose Labour's planned 1% National Insurance (NI) rise because it says this would delay efforts to get people back to work.

The ABI has progressed to the next stage of talks on a national protection scheme, an idea it says is gaining "greater urgency" in the run-up to the General Election.

The ABI has hastened the next stage of industry talks on a national protection scheme as it wants to help shape the new Government's protection strategy.

A Liberal Democrat government would immediately set "non-negotiable" net lending targets for state-owned banks Lloyds and RBS.

The FSA has today confirmed it will launch an unprecedented investigation into the international arm of US bank Goldman Sachs.