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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has begun informal discussions with key industry players about a potential ban on all fund commission payments from the start of 2014 for business written on platforms.

The risk a triple-dip recession could hit people's finances is a big worry to about a quarter of consumers, research from the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has revealed.

The Law Society has taken the unprecedented step of urging its members to ignore the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) new rules on recommending financial advisers to clients, warning that they could expose solicitors to negligence claims.

Colin Jelley, St James's Place divisional director of private clients, has left the business.

Just Retirement has launched a medically underwritten buy-in service aimed at small and medium-sized defined benefit schemes.

Starting valuations for UK stocks and increasingly negative equity sentiment point to the beginnings of a new bull market, according to Schroders' Richard Buxton.

The mortgage broker market has bottomed out and will see the intermediary market continue to grow in 2013, according to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI).

Barclays is the most attractively valued UK bank, offering the best potential for growth if it restructures its investment banking division, according to J.P. Morgan Cazenove.

The Financial Services Authority(FSA) is planning to delay the release of the final rules for platforms until 2013, Investment Week can reveal.

The IMA has soft launched a consumer website, providing investors with details on charges, risk ratings and fund performance, as well as commentary on regulation and checklists.