The number of calls to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) ‘whistleblower hotline' to report suspected malpractice in the financial services industry has jumped 23% in the last year, according to figures obtained by law firm RPC.

Nick Clegg has said he is pushing his Tory coalition partners to agree to cut income tax bills by another £100.

Financial services law firm Regulatory Legal is suing Tailormade Alternative Investments over claims the investment business made defamatory statements about it.

The Royal London group has entered in to an agreement with funds advised by independent private equity firm Vitruvian Partners to support a management-led buyout of Royal London's offshore arm 360° and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former investment consultant Rahul Shah for encouraging another person to engage in behaviour which, if engaged in by Shah, would amount to market abuse.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched the first comprehensive review of the UK's retirement needs.

Prudential has reported a 25% fall in the sale of its with-profits bonds, which it attributes to a fall in the number of bank advisers who were major distributors of the product.

DFMs

Liberty SIPP has reduced its offering to a single self-invested personal pension (SIPP) - Liberty Option SIPP.

A couple are facing poverty in retirement and risk losing their home after their IFA advised them to invest in a high risk scheme that has left them £500,000 in debt.