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Retirement advice is in higher demand than any other financial service following the Government's recent overhaul of the pensions' system, suggests a report from Unbiased.co.uk.

Towergate Financial has appointed former Hartford man Dan Russell to the newly created role of director of client proposition.

A former director of investment firm Imperial Consolidated Group has been sentenced 3 ½ years imprisonment for his part in a global fraud conspiracy.

The Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) QCF Level 4 alternative assessment will cost advisers in the region of £2,000.

Barclays has so far paid £194m to settle a US-led probe into payments made to countries or people on a sanctions list.

Aurora Group has selected Voyant UK as its "preferred" front end financial planning solution.

Campbell Edgar, ex-consultant director at Andersen Charnley, says his exit from the firm was not caused by its sale to Collins Stewart.

Professional indemnity (PI) insurance premiums are set to soar, due to the "unregulated" status of some of the industry and the relative ease with which a brokerage can be established, said Tenet Group.

Technology solutions provider 1st Exchange has announced Sally Davies as its new head of marketing.

Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today held interest rates at 0.5% - marking the 17th consecutive month they have been held at the historical low.