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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said it intends to roll out a 'consumer communications plan' to help ensure the public is aware of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and its impact on the delivery of financial advice.

HSBC has admitted a nationwide systems crash may have affected thousands of customers.

Standard and Poor's (S&P) has created six volatility strategy indices, designed to respond to specific market environments.

The vast majority of consumers are only prepared to pay less than £5 per week for income protection (IP) with almost a third not willing to pay anything, new research has revealed.

Ian Darby, chief executive of Towergate Financial, has stepped down from his role in order to pursue other interests.

Less than a fifth of Britons felt they would need help when purchasing life insurance but almost half said it was definitely necessary for a mortgage, according to new research.

Consumers want simple financial products to provide a standard limited level of coverage allowing easy understanding and comparison, new research has found.

Bob Diamond was forced to defend his salary this morning, after he failed to mention the subject at a high-profile lecture last night.

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The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) proposal to base advisers' regulatory fees on income rather than size is a tax on success, Derek Bradley, chief executive of PanaceaIFA has said.