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A mortgage adviser has been banned after being convicted of 13 counts of financial crime, the FSA said today.

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released, in the form of Revenue Ruling 2011-19, the long awaited confirmation that the £30,000 remittance basis charge will be allowable as a credit for US income tax purposes, says Baker Tilly.

John Van Der Wielen has been appointed Managing Director International at Friends Life. He will replace Rocco Seppe who is leaving the company at the end of September. Van Der Wielen will report directly to CEO, Andy Briggs and will become a member of...

Commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs) surpassed fixed income for the first time in July, according to Lyxor's European ETP Asset Flow Trends report.

This week's Retirement Planner quick-fire poll asks: Do you believe the onus should be on SIPP providers to ensure investors meet flexible drawdown requirements?

Retirement Planner's roundup of the top pensions stories this week.

Advisers have rushed to income-generating funds amid recent market turbulence, according to FundsNetwork sales figures.

Fidelity is to rename its top performing UK Opportunities fund to better reflect its investment policy.

All criminal charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dropped in a New York court on Tuesday, following accusations of a sexual attack on a hotel maid.

This week, it emerged an employee at recruitment specialist Hays inadvertently forwarded an e-mail revealing the pay details of thousands of RBS staff.