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Tom Baigrie, the chief executive of protection broker LifeSearch, has hit out at product providers for pretending to "police" advisers' relationships with their customers, a practice he dubbed "institutional petty theft".

Standard Life is investigating an error that has left thousands of advisers being quoted inflated fund prices on a number of platforms.

The Bank of Ireland has come under fresh fire for raising the rates of its tracker mortgages after Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the influential Treasury Select Committee (TSC), wrote to Martin Wheatley, managing director of the Financial Services Authority...

Consultancy The Platforum has dismissed speculation the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to ban unit rebates as part of its platform paper.

Yorkshire and Clydesdale have confirmed that they will be joining a host of other high street banks to exit the advice market.

Positive Solutions has reported profits before tax of £2.3m for last year, wiping out a £0.4m loss in 2011, as it strives to offer a "John Lewis level" of customer service to its advisers.

The initial hike in the state pension age (SPA) for women improved public finances by £2.1bn as employment rates for both women and men increased, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has criticised an independent consultant appointed to review the Arch Cru funds for banned adviser Stephen Danner.

The falling value of the pound means that the cost of running an overseas property has increased and those wishing to sell face a rising capital gains tax bill.

The Euro Group's new president has warned the UK could be facing a "new sterling crisis" as concerns grow over the state of public finances.