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More than a quarter of advisers cite cost as the most important consideration for platform implementation, according to research.

Some 80% of people earning more than £50,000 a year will seek out some sort of professional financial advice, according to research released today.

A relaxation of income drawdown rules should bring more tax revenue to the treasury and get people spending, according to Primetime Retirement.

Investec Structured Products has launched its latest collection of plans, which are available for investment until 28 September 2012.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will have "clear detrimental effects" on the accessibility of financial advice and lower overall savings rates, Lord Flight has warned.

Legal & General Investments (LGI) is set to launch an index fund linked to the highest quality issues in the sterling corporate bond market at the end of the month.

A former director of Barclays has accused the Commons Treasury committee of launching a "completely unacceptable" character assassination of the bank's former chief executive Bob Diamond.

Small firms caught up in the mis-selling of complex interest rate derivative products face up to a nine month wait to hear if they qualify for compensation.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is launching a series of seminars to explain its latest guidance on centralised investment propositions (CIPs) and replacement business to financial advisers.

Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England have given up on promoting economic growth and current police could cause "irreparable damage", Alistair Darling has warned.