KPMG

Pensions experts have spoken out in support of Lord Hutton's key proposals to reform public sector pensions.

Only a third of consumers would be willing to pay anything for an hour of professional advice, according to a new survey by KPMG.

Building society mergers and takeovers will continue but at a slower pace and driven by executive ambition not business distress, according to KPMG.

The lack of international acquisitions by UK companies is holding up the nation's economic recovery while countries such as India and China thrive, according to KPMG.

A consortium of IFAs and investors in Lifemark, including Norwich & Peterborough (N&P), have united to try to save the troubled fund, amid criticism Keydata founder Stewart Ford is making "impossible" promises to investors.

The Luxembourg regulator has renewed Keydata backer Lifemark's administration period for another six months.

The recent announcement that pension increases will be linked to CPI rather than RPI could leave future pensioners out of pocket. Helen Morrissey looks at whether this will be the case and asks how the change needs to be managed

An elderly couple say they would be ‘very wary' of using an IFA again, after finding themselves caught up in both the Keydata and Park Row debacles.

The Keydata saga was further complicated this week as a row broke out between Norwich & Peterborough and the FOS over the sales of Keydata plans through the building society.

A UK investment fund has emerged as Lifemark's best hope for a rescue deal after US hedge fund CarVal walked away from talks, the fund's administrator says.