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At first we thought we'd been asked to list our greatest heroes and villains of all time. Gene Hackman and Vladimir Kozak (Google him) were on that list. Turns out we had to limit it to 2010 and financial services…

John Moret, marketing director at Suffolk Life, is to retire after 40 years in the industry and almost 20 "banging the SIPP drum".

Merchant House has acquired a number of assets from Clarkson Hill as it seeks to launch a new financial planning venture, but it has not agreed a bulk transfer of its advisers.

Mortgage approvals reached their lowest level for 20 months in November, while net mortgage lending dropped to the lowest in over a decade, British Bankers' Association (BBA) figures suggest.

Tens of thousands of small businesses could be fined by the taxman in the New Year for failing to keep proper tax records.

SIPP and SSAS provider Barnett Waddingham today launches its bid to buy up clients who have been ‘orphaned' by providers and advisers who have left the market since A-Day in 2006.

For those who missed it, and for those who enjoyed it so much they want a second look, here are the presentations from Lansons' Richard Hobbs, M&G's Anthony Doyle and Highclere's Alan Lakey.

An increasing number of IFAs are trying to build passive portfolios just using ETFs, which can only be done through wrap platforms, BlackRock says.

China has offered support to the eurozone to help it through the debt crisis that has gripped the region.

A family-owned hedge fund will offer investors the chance to use Twitter posts to gauge the mood of the stockmarket.