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Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are the most dissatisfied with their service from the Job Centre, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Jon Everill, a former director at Bluefin and a co-founder of Destini, has been voted in as the new president of the Personal Finance Society (PFS).

A former financial adviser has been jailed for nine months for driving 23 miles the wrong way down a motorway drunk.

Howard Chan will move to Pimco's London office in October as ETF product manager to help build its European offering.

An alternative assessment route being offered by New Model Business Academy has been added to the list of qualifications meeting retail distribution review (RDR) requirements by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

A Barclays bank manager investigated a colleague's £20,000 theft from a customer aged 95 - then stole £23,000 from the same pensioner by copying the crime.

Practicing financial advisers will not have to sit further examinations if the FSA increases the qualification standards for pension transfers.

Axa Wealth is developing a consumer-driven version of Elevate which will allow advisers' clients to transact directly on the platform.

UK output softened in three months to August, and if the economy weakens further it will pave the way for more QE, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Following a dive in its share value, Aviva could be exposed to a takeover bid from rival insurer Zurich, reports suggest.