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PruProtect has called critics of its desire for protection to be made compulsory as being "defeatist" and argued that the need is "very clear".

IFG Group, the parent company of SIPP provider James Hay Partnership, has ended takeover talks with private equity firm Bregal Capital.

Fidelity FundsNetwork is launching a series of nationwide platform training workshops for advisers next month.

Adam Posen, the external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has upped his call for more quantitative easing (QE) to £100bn and proposed a ‘public bank' for businesses struggling to find credit on the highstreet.

The cost of dying rose again last year, according to a new report which suggests loved ones left responsible for making funeral arrangements are unprepared for the burden.

Three men, including a financial adviser and an estate agent, have confessed their involvement in a buy-to-let property scam worth more than £1m.

Only fourteen homes were sold per UK estate agent in the three months to August - the lowest total for more than two years, said the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The FTSE 100 has slipped back into the red mid morning as poor performance from the banking and mining sectors weighed on the index.

A group of MPs charged with scrutinising cuts to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it is still concerned the project is too ambitious.

Inflation climbed marginally in August as expected, driven up by higher utility bills.