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More financial centres are believed to be on the verge of signing an exchange of information agreement with the UK. Guernsey is the latest to announce it's intention to finalise a draft agreement on a proposed tax package with the UK which comprises an...

Richard Buxton, the head of UK equities at Schroders, has resigned after more than 11 years at the fund manager to take up a position at Old Mutual.

Interest-only borrowers and elderly homeowners needing long-term care will drive growth in the equity release market, the Equity Release Council chairman has said.

Age Partnership, a retirement services adviser, has raised concern for equity release customers over the marketing of Property Protection Trusts.

Gerard Lemos, the chairman of the Money Advice Service (MAS), is to stand down at the end of September when his three-year term of office comes to an end.

Government must work with financial services to ensure housing equity can be released "without excessive charges or risk" and improve consumer confidence, a House of Lords committee has urged.

The government is ‘woefully underprepared' for the impact a rapidly ageing population will have on society and public services, a Lords Committee has warned.

Nottingham-based advisory firm Investment Sense has launched a web service that enables advisers and consumers to rate their Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) purchases.

Underlying pre-tax profit at F&C rose 11% to £52.4m in 2012 as the group's 18 month restructuring programme drew to a close.

Lloyds Banking Group has been criticised after announcing 550 job cuts which trade union Unite said would come on top of the 1,340 lay-offs revealed earlier this year.