Claims management companies (CMCs) mislead claimants and frequently flout marketing rules, according to a mystery shopping exercise carried out by consumer group Which?
The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has warned of an increased risk of recession from Q3 for the US and to a lesser extent the UK and France.
AWD Chase de Vere spent more than £1.5m settling complaints and paying customer redress last year, and expects the figure to be even higher this year.
Public sector workers employed in higher education should be allowed to enrol into the National Employment Savings Trust NEST), universities and colleges say.
The government must address the record drop in public confidence in pensions or risk mass opt-outs from auto-enrolment, a trade body warns.
Financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban has said the government will not allow European regulators to overrule it on pensions.
Dame Carol Black will urge HM Treasury to remove tax barriers that stop businesses implementing staff absence management and wellbeing programs.
As equity markets rose last week, ETF volumes remained above average and there was some cautious risk-taking to be seen.
A regulated firm has been denied a refund of a portion of FSCS levies it had previously paid despite discovering it should have been exempt.
The Liberal Democrats have passed a policy motion to urge the government to accept the recommendations in the Dilnot Report on long term care (LTC).