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Despite receiving bonus payments of more than £1m, many City professionals will be taking advantage of the A-Day changes instead of buying fast cars and big yachts, claims Route Wealth Management.

Financial services representatives have called on protection providers and financial intermediaries to consider whether ‘treating customers fairly' requirements are being met if protection and life policies are not written in trust.

THE GOVERNMENT FACES a £5bn bill to compensate 85,000 workers who lost their pensions when their employers went bust, amid growing speculation that a report this week by the parliamentary ombudsman will pin the blame on the Department for Work and Pensions...

AN ALL-PARTY parliamentary group examining the true cost of demutualisations among life assurers and building societies has called for legislation introducing an independent check on demutualisation windfalls, reports The Financial Times .

Only one in nine people would trust the financial services industry to look after their pension pot, according to research from Which?.

Standard Life is aiming to become one of the three largest players in the lucrative offshore investment market within three years, generating some £800 million-worth of business, according to a report from The Scotsman this morning.

Standard Life has developed an online trust application tracking facility for financial advisers on its intermediary website, adviser zone.

Advice is the key to removing the financial blindfold the majority of people are wearing over asset allocation, claims new research from Standard Life.

LISTED PROPERTY companies have "hijacked" the debate over government plans to introduce real estate investment trusts, according to William Hill, head of property at Schoders, reports this morning's Financial Times .

There's a whisper sweeping across the financial services industry at the moment which suggests past talk of financial advisers being squeezed out may actually be occurring.