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.

The Asian fund market is set to grow by nearly half from US$1.2trn to US$1.9trn in 2014 - a 46% increase, according to Lipper figures.

Lloyds Banking Group will sell its Halifax estate agency to LSL Property Services for just £1, with a loss of 460 jobs, reports the BBC.

At least 20 advisers at Aegon-owned IFA Origen are set to lose their jobs as part of a company "streamlining" process.