Individual life cover sold direct-to-consumers (D2C) has overtaken sales of the product via intermediaries at Direct Life & Pensions (DLP) for the first time.

IFAs can learn best practice during the upturn from advisers who lost, then regained, jobs during the recession, says an industry recruiter.

Britain's economy is better but is "still stuffed to the eyeballs with toxic substances", warns a senior HSBC economist.

A former broker at the Queen's stockbroker Cazenove has been handed a 21-month prison sentence for insider dealing in the shares of three UK companies.

IFAs may have to pass a legal industry 'checklist' on issues such as charging and independence before SIFA members recommend them to clients.

Commission-hungry advisers are "inundating" providers with group personal pension (GPP) quotes to make quick cash before 2012 instead of investing in transitioning their business models, national IFA Origen says.

Simon Fitton, partner at Baxter Fensham, on what it means to be a truly fee-based IFA.

The Chancellor will use the Budget to hike capital gains and inheritance taxes to fund Gordon Brown's pledge today not to cut front-line services, Legal and General predicts.

The FSA will extend its consultation on planned Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market reforms by six weeks, further delaying fair treatment for customers says an independent consumer panel.

Cru Investment Management director Jon Maguire says he will "help manage the finances" for the English Democrats, the party he will stand for in the next General Election.