Technology

The government has scrapped plans to continue development of its web-based retirement planning platform for those on low to medium incomes.

As mortgage lending still increases month-on-month to record levels and property prices continue to defy gravity, do we see any let up or reasons for concern, or are some cracks beginning to appear?

A spoof website has sprung up on the internet which claims to be the voice of the Financial Services Authority but anonymously presents the financial regulator in a bad light.

As I began to write this blog I wondered how many advisers found and read my last blog - the answer to which is 41 ( but it has gone up since - ed ) - so in case you are not one of the 41 that read my last blog, it was about the effective use of e-mail....

I recently saw that BMW has launched the next generation of its extremely successful Mini. To be honest, it looks to me very much like the previous generation and some would argue ‘and why not?' when its first generation model's sales exceeded all expectations....

Eight out of ten mortgage intermediaries say the ease of dealing online is an important factor when selecting the best mortgage product on the market, according to research from Unipass.

LogicaCMG, the IT company supplying many larger financial services customers, says implementation of MiFID rules could lead to the ‘death' of the London Stock Exchange.

UK financial advisers could soon be using their mobile phones in a different way, if patterns seen in the US market are repeated here, says Pyxis Mobile.

Force Majeure is a phrase likely to be well-worn in future as the government seeks new excuses to cover up its failures to meet IT goals, including the area of pensions.

IFAs will be among those encouraged to consider Capita's Enabler concept in the GI space through its quotes engine business Webline's deal to provide infrastructure supporting a building and contents insurance proposition from first4cover.