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Personal Touch has boosted the confidence of Directly Authorised Firms (DA) by increasing its proposition.

Cost-cutting measures saved IFA Park Row from an operating loss that may have approached £9m in 2008, results suggest.

Advisers opting to pay their regulatory fees in instalments this year face an interest rate of 9% APR, 0.3% more than two years ago but less than last year.

High staff turnover in offshore firms and inadequate training are increasing the risk of companies becoming the victims of financial crime, according to new findings from the FSA.

Friends Provident today announced a deal with retail giant Tesco to distribute protection products direct to the consumer (D2C).

Friends Provident's sales of life and pensions products fell 40% over the past year, though the firm insists it is on course with its strategic aims.

High staff turnover in offshore firms and inadequate training are increasing the risk of companies becoming the victims of financial crime, according to new findings from the FSA.

Standard Life has added Brooks Macdonald Asset Management and Rathbone Investment Management to its SIPP platform.

The FTSE 100 dropped 76.69 points this morning to (1.82%) to 4,091.

HM Revenue & Customs is to spend £1bn on enforcement and compliance this year to cut tax avoidance and evasion by £2.4 billion, reports The Times.