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The Financial Services Authority has fined Loans.co.uk Limited £455,000 for failing to treat its customers fairly when selling payment protection insurance.

The Financial Services Authority is investigating the payment protection insurance selling practices of 10 firms with a view to taking enforcement action.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries says advisers are struggling to keep up with regulatory changes and the cost of regulatory.

Standard Life has approached the Pensions Policy Institute to see if they will review and endorse the research it submitted as a response to the pensions white paper consultation.

The pension white paper proposals will help ease the problems with the state pension system but it won't solve them, says the Pensions Policy Institute.

Low administration charges are not the most important aspect of the proposed personal accounts, claims the Pension Policy Institute.

The Liberal Democrats have expressed doubts as to whether the pensions white paper offers the right foundation for the introduction of personal accounts.

Proposed pension reforms do not provide a solid foundation for the introduction of a national pension savings scheme.

Pensions reform needs to meet three objectives if it is to be effective in meeting its aim of targeting young people who are not saving.

Proposals to change the contributory principle of the state pension, will not much of a difference, claims the Pensions Policy Institute.