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Lloyds bank has announced it will no longer offer stand-alone protection advice across its Halifax, Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland branches after observing "significantly reduced" customer demand.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was born in the aftermath of a crisis, so that is all it knows, but it has laid the groundwork for making markets work well again, its chairman John-Griffith Jones is expected to say in a speech on Thursday.

Pensioners in the UK are using equity release to boost their income by an average of £67,500, according to analysis carried out by over-55s financial provider Key Retirement.

Sanlam International Investment has taken over fund research and selection from SPI following the departure of Paul Surguy earlier this month.

Aviva Investors expect another year of double-digit returns from property in 2015, with returns for this year tipped to exceed 20%.

Savers are in danger of being ripped off when they access their pension after April because of a lack of safeguards, warns the Trades Unions Congress (TUC).

Bank of England policymakers expect inflation to fall below 1% over the next six months, according to the latest quarterly Inflation Report.

Pensions experts have called for the government to help savers access their pensions tax-free to fund long-term care.

Poor advice claims that have cost restricted national adviser Origen at least £3m in reviews and redress - and pushed it further into the red this year - are the fault of advisers who have exited the firm, not the current team, business development director...

Actuary Punter Southall group has bought employee benefit and private client financial planning firm Blacktower Financial Advisers.