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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has admitted it had concerns about the way in which the industry was being asked to fund the Money Advice Service (MAS), although is hand was forced by the Treasury.

Advisers consider confidence and positive attitude to be the top characteristic of the most successful financial advisers in the industry, according to a poll posted yesterday.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will aim to prosecute companies that wilfully evade their auto-enrolment duties.

Three people have been handed custodial sentences after pleading guilty to charges of insider dealing.

The National Employment Savings Trust has taken its campaign to make saving popular to the streets of London and Manchester.

The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) has confirmed plans to draft an industry protocol on the use of restrictive covenants in adviser contracts.

UK Money Market funds swung back in favour in May as investors looked to shelter money amid the ongoing eurozone debt crisis, according to figures from FundsNetwork.

More than half of insurers are preparing to change the way they calculate regulatory capital as Solvency II approaches, Deloitte has said.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted five to four to maintain quantitative easing (QE) at £325bn this month, overruling the governor and three colleagues who called for further expansion.

PruProtect will be offering 30% free life cover free for new Serious Illness Cover plan policyholders and has re-priced its income protection product.