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The FSA today told advisers and providers: there is no hope the RDR will not happen.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) says mortgage product regulation by the FSA will unnecessarily restrict consumer access to the housing market.

A petition set up on the Downing Street website in protest against the RDR received more than 500 signatures within a day of going live.

The launch of a website offering independent financial advice on pensions is being hailed as the dawn of a "new age" of distribution to the mass market.

The FSA has burst a growing bubble of opinion it intends to cut the number of financial advice firms in the UK by "over-regulating" the sector.

Exchange-traded product provider Source has revealed the total assets in its product range has hit $2.2bn.

Bright Grey paid nine in every 10 critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of 2009.

Britain's emergence from recession in 2010 will be stronger than previously thought, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The FTSE 100 kicked off the fourth quarter on a positive note in early trading, though shares dipped slightly towards mid-morning.

Whitechurch Securities has bought its first ETF, giving it a 10% exposure to natural gas prices in its higher risk Energy & Global Shift portfolio.