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Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey says it has sold its entire stock of homes for 2009 and will raise prices on houses sold next year.

Bankhall managing director David Golder yesterday told more than 600 of the support provider's member IFAs they had become "collateral damage" in regulators' war against the banks, and called on them to unite against RDR proposals he argues will "decimate"...

Recruitment prospects in the financial services industry are better than they were a year ago, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Legal and General has amended its group critical illness cover.

Platform cites the recent FSA Mortgage Market Review Paper as the reason for its planned withdrawal from the self-certification market at the end of the week.

Confidence amongst IFAs towards property investment has shot up to its highest level in two years, a Reita study concludes.

The newly-launched trade body for English-speaking independent advisers operating across Europe has reached the 100-member milestone.

Britons are more pessimistic about their standard of living improving than they were five years ago, research suggests.

Association of IFAs (AIFA) director general Chris Cummings has pledged to continue the fight for work-based assessments of financial advisers not yet qualified to the required QCF Level 4 standard.

ETF Securities (ETFS) has created an exchange-traded currency platform, with 18 currency ETCs due to commence trading next week.