Friends Provident hopes to increase its group SIPP members by up to 50,000 by relaxing its eligibility criteria.

Tesco has emerged as a potential bidder for Northern Rock as the Government races to sell the state-owned lender before a general election, The Times has learnt.

SIPPs are future-proofed and will prove robust in the post-RDR world, according to Defaqto.

Chief financial ombudsman, Walter Merricks, has announced hill be step down, after ten years with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

A majority of with-profits investors are unhappy with the performance of their fund, and more than one million say they will not invest in with-profits again, according to Managing Partners Limited (MPL).

Just Retirement, the annuities and equity release specialist, is considering an expression of interest from a private equity bidder.

Although most eyes in the pension world have been focused on the changes in this year's Budget and how they affect the pensions industry, more subtly, behind the scenes, HMRC appears to have been pursuing a trend of reducing savers' options even further....

The FSA today put an end to advisers' hopes it would re-introduce a time limit on complaints, declaring "we are not moving".

IFAs may have to consider a wider range of products than they currently recommend to ensure they meet the FSA's new ‘independence' standards.

Structured products are often riskier and more expensive than they appear, and are usually accompanied by inconsistent, confusing and complex literature, consumer champion Which? warns.