IFAs expecting a decade heavy with new protection offerings could be disappointed, as providers plan to focus on adviser education not "churning" products.

Former clients of defunct adviser firm Network Data have been invited to file for compensation after the FSCS today declared the network in default.

The Lib Dems would more than double the rate of capital gains tax (CGT) to put it on a par with income tax.

The Tories have confirmed new businesses will pay no National Insurance (NI) in their initial year for the first ten employees, during the opening two years of a Conservative government.

The Tories have pledged to raise the the secondary threshold at which employers start paying National Insurance (NI) by £21 a week, countering what it calls Labour's "job tax" of a 1% NI increase.

The Arsenal boardroom power struggle could heat up after the club's fourth-largest shareholder appointed a firm to find a buyer for her shares.

Euphoria over a joint EU-IMF rescue deal for Greece worth €45bn (£39.8bn) appears short-lived, after angry reactions in Germany and continued concerns among bond investors any bail-out merely delays the worst.

AIFA plans to launch its own case-study based alternative assessment which will qualify advisers to QCF Level 5, a level above the new minimum for UK advisers set by the RDR.

Labour launched its manifesto today with a pledge to slash more than £6bn off the cost of business regulation by 2015.

Standards International and the ifs School of Finance are embarking on a joint venture to improve the skills and knowledge of financial advisers.