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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has publicly censured a mortgage broker who "recklessly" submitted incomplete mortgage applications for himself.

Dennis Hall, the director of Yellowtail Financial Planning, is to chair his last meeting of the London Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) group this evening before stepping down from the role.

Chancellor George Osborne has given HM Revenue and Customs extra powers to tackle advisers promoting aggressive tax avoidance schemes.

The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) is set to launch its much-anticipated platform-to-platform re-registration programme in the next few weeks, ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) deadline.

Over one third of advisers are considering changing their platform in the next 12 months according to a report released today.

The banking crisis has been as damaging to the UK economy as a world war, a top Bank of England (BoE) official has said.

F&C Asset Management has appointed the head of its institutional business, Richard Wilson, as its new chief executive.

Further changes to the tax relief available on pensions - as has been predicted ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement this week - may destroy public faith in saving for retirement, according to financial services consultants Punter Southall.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called into question the amount of money spent each year by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on recoveries.

A group of thirty international pension experts has challenged the Pensions Policy Institute's (PPI's) claim that planned reforms will significantly reduce the gap between public and private sector pensions.