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The Maidstone office of national financial advisory group Perspective Financial has achieved corporate chartered firm status.

Terry Smith has criticised Nick Clegg's "brain dead" idea to allow parents to use their pension to help their children on the "over-priced" property ladder.

A Financial Ombudsman Service executive has urged firms to "embrace, encourage and celebrate" complaints, arguing they need to plan for imperfections.

Asian and US markets closed lower overnight as the latest economic data emerging from leading economies around the world continued to worry investors.

Cofunds' ‘explicit pricing model' has gone live today, with 1,700 clean share classes from 85 fund groups.

Close Brothers has reported a 2% rise in full-year pre-tax profits and expects its asset management division to return to profitability next year as it completes a restructuring.

Former HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) head Dave Hartnett was presented with a "lifetime achievement award to corporate tax planning" by protestors who crashed an after-dinner speech.

The government is on course to raise £4bn from tax dodgers through a series of schemes cracking down on avoidance, Danny Alexander is set to tell the Liberal Democrat conference.

Insurer Aegon has apologised for an administration error which saw client details sent to a financial adviser by mistake.

Platforms are failing to deliver expected levels of service to advisers in nine out of ten areas, according to Defaqto.