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Introducing a 15-year long stop would boost investment into the advisory sector and create a "vibrant and well-capitalised community", Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) director general Stephen Gay has told Parliament.

The Treasury has created a steering group tasked with developing a range of simple financial products.

An elderly man lost his entire life's savings after he left them in the luggage hold of a National Express coach.

Sesame Bankhall Group has launched an online learning management system to enhance its training and development support for network members.

Lifemark investors and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will next month get to vote on whether to opt for a controlled liquidation of the troubled porfolio or plump for Keydata founder Stewart Ford's $150m rescue bid.

Pension funds are developing a code of conduct around charging transparency which will see customers told "in pounds and pence" how much of their savings are lost in management charges.

As Robert Gaines-Cooper finally loses his appeal in his long running battle with the Revenue to establish that he ceased to be UK resident almost 20 years ago, attention is now turning to the proposed new statutory residency test due to come into effect...

ING Investment Management (ING IM) has launched a Luxembourg-based fund providing an opportunity to invest in high quality, dividend paying stocks in emerging markets

The UK's faltering economy could fall back into recession but government action is likely to help avoid another downturn, according to business secretary Vince Cable.

Low valuations and leaner companies mean now is a good time to increase equity holdings.