At least four banking brands are considering a bid for Kensington Mortgages with private equity firms also interested in the lender.

Will Old Mutual Wealth have any use for the independent advisers it has acquired as part of its deal to buy Intrinsic?

Criminal gangs who trick people into investing in worthless shares have been targeted by police in the biggest ever international crackdown on the fraud.

Investors suing Capita for compensation over the failed Arch Cru fund range are writing to up to 40 wraps and platforms asking them to pass on details of their action to clients who were also invested in the collapsed funds.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned a former adviser to SLS Capital - the company whose bonds underpinned the failed Keydata investments - for giving the misleading impression that the SLS bonds were soundly backed assets.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it no longer expects to raise an interim levy on investment advisers for the 2013/14 period.

Attitude to property investment sure has changed in recent months

AXA Wealth specialist products managing director Nick Elphick on the need for financial advisers and providers alike to be more innovative in creating products and services to provide solutions for those at and in retirement.

Royal London has appointed a new head of intermediary business and chief financial officer in a management reshuffle.

Some advisers are taking a stand against the old saying that the customer is always right - and are making a case for firmly telling the client ‘no'.