Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) chief executive Mark Neale is "increasingly concerned" by the rising number of claims the service is receiving that are linked to advice to move pensions into risky assets held in self invested personal pensions...

Property searches by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to target tax evasion jumped by 12% to 500 in the last year, according to official data obtained by law firm Pinsent Masons.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has increased its competition team by 30 staff in the last year, as it prepares to step up its competition investigations and market studies, according to FCA figures obtained by financial services regulatory consultancy...

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating an allegation of fraud against a number of investment funds operated by Stirling Mortimer Global Property fund.

Six million homes, half of all mortgaged residential property in the UK, could be at risk because the owners are not covered by any form of protection insurance, according to research from life and pensions provider Friends Life.

Sesame network's appointed representatives now have access to a holiday let exclusive five year fixed rate product via Leeds Building Society.

High street banks are using Wonga-style bullying letters to chase customers for payments.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed above 17,000 for the first time, buoyed by investor confidence about the global economy.

Old Mutual Wealth, comprising Skandia and Old Mutual Global Investors, has officially completed its acquisition of advice network Intrinsic, following regulatory approval.

Self-invested personal pension provider Barnett Waddingham has launched a ‘Flexible SIPP' to meet what it said was demand from advisers.