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The equity release market could exceed £1 billion this year after the third quarter saw plan sales and lending rise by 11%.

High-net worth wrap provider Platform One and Seed EIS are to launch an integrated platform for Enterprise Investment Schemes.

Brewin Dolphin has appointed chief operating officer Henry Algeo as group managing director, a role that will see him heading up the group's investment management offering.

An administrator working at a financial planning firm in Oxford has published his first novel, a love story set during the Napoleonic wars.

An award winning advice firm has decided to stop using the label ‘IFA' in favour of referring to itself exclusively as chartered financial planners.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) will unveil a consumer charter for income protection early next year.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has censured The Pentecostal Credit Union Limited (TPCU) for issuing loans worth £1.2m under its members' names but channelling the money to a church organisation.

Standard Life has reappointed Rowanmoor Pensions to administer its small self-administered scheme (SSAS) portfolio.

About 80% of advisers are concerned about the low rate of lifetime annuities and are looking for alternatives, according to research out today.

Advisers are seeking alternatives instead of ‘locking clients into' low conventional annuity rates, according to research.