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Firms' failures to rectify mistakes has been a key factor in the rise of claims management companies (CMCs), Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) chief executive Natalie Ceeney said.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the UK is facing an "hour of reckoning" in his speech to the Conservative Party conference.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Intrinsic is to offer its restricted advisers access to a panel of platform providers.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are you clients taking a blended approach to retirement planning?

European shares have opened lower for the third consecutive day after Japan led Asian indices lower overnight.

The London mayor Boris Johnson said yesterday that he wanted to cut the top tax rate further, from 45p to 40p in the pound.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ordered network Pi Financial to compensate two clients it recommended invest in an unregulated collective investment scheme (UCIS).

The UK is out of recession and had its strongest quarter in two years over the three months to September, according to NIESR.

Advisers expect an anticipated increase in self-directed investment following the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will lead to more work for them, research suggests.