HM Treasury

Michael Ellam, managing director of the Treasury's international and finance directorate, has been appointed chairman of the EU's financial services regulation committee.

The government has admitted it cannot predict the impact of Solvency II capital requirements on consumer prices.

Former financial services secretary Lord Myners has called for a review into the minimum capital requirements for IFAs not holding client money.

Billy Mackay examines the issues surrounding early access to pensions and asks whether it is really a good idea

Rural communities risk being cut off from financial advice as their IFAs exit the industry under the weight of the RDR and levy hikes, MPs were told today.

The ABI has given its backing to the Treasury's simplified products proposal and highlighted the need for a government supported replacement to payment protection insurance (PPI).

Advisers should be able to decide when and to whom they recommend 'simple' products, the IMA says.

Bradford & Bingley (B&B) shareholders had their hopes of compensation dashed today after an independent assessor upheld his previous ruling against a payout.

Mark Garnier has insisted only the FSA can change the course of RDR, despite the interventions of politicians and ministers.

The Treasury could scrap civil servants' right to keep their pensions when their services are bought out by private sector companies.