Zurich today admits to losing the general insurance details of 51,000 of its customers while transferring the data from the UK to South Afirca.

Skandia Property fund sub adviser Nigel Pickup (ING Real Estate) is set to purchase six retail units in Ipswich for £12.35 million.

Communicating your value to clients within an hour of meeting them is taking on fresh significance with the move to fee-based advice, industry figures say.

The Government has sided with campaigners to extend the forthcoming Equitable Life compensation scheme.

Insurers are being blamed for encouraging unqualified advisers to continue to hand-pick investment funds for their clients despite the unprecedented economic conditions.

L&G is launching an online calculator for advisers to help them highlight to customers the reasons for salary sacrifice.

Sterling has leapt to a month high against the euro and dollar after hints from Mervyn King dismissing an increase in QE in November.

Zurich is launching a series of online tools designed to help advisers deal with an expected 60% increase in the retirement market over the next five years.

LV= has repriced its Balanced Consensus fund and increased its pensions range by six.

Aviva today goes live with an online site designed to cut the time advisers spend on administrative tasks.