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Governments must do more to reduce the long term cost of ageing on public finances, according to the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK).

Aviva has launched an iPad app to help advisers service their clients after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Santander is to suspend its team of 800 advisers while they undergo an intensive training programme to ensure they are fully skilled for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

A boiler room money launderer has been ordered by the court to repay £320,000 in ill-gotten gains.

Skandia has created an investment solutions team, headed up by James Millard, who will be tasked with creating the group's new 'Select' fund range.

A former IFA who was banned for incorrectly promoting unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) has warned an UCIS "arms race" is building up among some providers and advisers to pile investors into the high commission schemes before the introduction...

The Chancellor's decision to cut tax relief on high earners' pension contributions was "regressive" and the change puts catch up savers at a disadvantage, Rowanmoor's Robert Graves has said.

Firms and individuals are to be encouraged to self-report on instances of market abuse, a senior Financial Services Authority (FSA) figure has said.

Equity markets have been given a boost by the latest monthly jobs figures from the US which show a further fall in the unemployment rate in November.

Building society Nationwide has stopped offering pension advice and withdrawn its stakeholder product because it cannot facilitate adviser charging.