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A number of financial advisers have yet to grasp the difference between risk-rated and risk-targeted funds, a survey of 700 practitioners suggests.

The Fry Group's financial planning arm has been awarded corporate Chartered status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Reducing the base rate from its current historical low of 0.5% into negative territory "remains an option" for the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), deputy governor Charles Bean has said.

Reform of the Spanish Tenancy Act, commonly known as 'LAU' which is now in force across the whole of Spain has done little to clear up uncertainty.

The majority of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have no key worker protection in place, despite death of a business owner emerging as the most disruptive potential scenario a business can face.

Mid-market independent financial advisers could start to disappear in as little as three years' time as regulatory changes and market pressures start to bite, according to a senior figure at Openwork.

Tax breaks worth up to £150 to married couples will be written into law by David Cameron before the next election, a Treasury minister has promised.

A dramatic shift in the outlook for interest rates has been seen with money market indicators now pricing in a base rate rise to 0.75% in two years' time rather than three.

The seven-figure sums lavished on Nationwide's top brass have been thrown into the spotlight as it grapples with a £1bn black hole in its finances.

Phoenix Group has seen a 340% rise in requests to transfer pensions to suspected pension liberation companies in the past three months.