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The regulator has said it will consult on developing inflation-adjusted point-of-sale illustrations for personal pensions.

The government's assertion that the National Health Service is inefficient and ineffective in treating cancer has been challenged by academics.

Capita Financial Software has launched the latest version of its Synaptic Comparator service which enables advisers to compare on and off platform options.

Mark Hoban, the Treasury financial secretary, has defended the FSA's "pre-empted" response to a recommendation by the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) to delay the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) by one year, saying it does not mean the regulator considers...

The FSA is unlikely to pursue plans to collect transactional data on advisory businesses from product providers, platforms and third party distributors via product sales data (PSD), the regulator suggested today.

Sesame Bankhall Group has promoted George Higginson from chief operating officer to chief executive officer, subject to approval by the Financial Services Authority.

Aegon has announced it will close its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual for its employees from April 2013.

Standard Life has proposed to cut 95 members of staff from its UK customer service department.

Lifemark investors have forced a meeting to decide the fate of the troubled portfolio to be postponed while a potential rescue deal is hammered out.

More people have used professional advice when considering financial products than a year ago but the majority still do not see it as necessary, according to research.