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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley was paid a total of £610,000 in the year to 31 March, with a basic salary of £460,000, figures published today show.

The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

The Bank of England's new deputy governor, Minouche Shafik, has hinted to MPs that interest rates could be about to go up, the FT reports.

Zurich has overhauled its platform fee structure and announced a cut in its initial investment charge for all clients.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has uncovered two more cases where self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors in troubled unregulated overseas property scheme Harlequin received poor advice.

Seven out of ten mothers rank family financial security among their top priorities but few are taking out protection cover or talking about the impact of their death, according to a study by Aegon.

Alex Salmond has been accused of pressurising Scottish financial services representatives not to release a report on independence.

An offshore financier who is the brother-in-law of financial services minister Andrea Leadsom has donated £816,000 to the Conservative party since she first successfully ran for parliament at the last election.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should a permitted investment list be reinstated for SIPP providers?

The inaugural Professional Adviser Debate has moved on to the rebuttal stage: do you remain convinced that the public will not be able to make informed decisions about their retirement income?