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The European Council is today expected to give the green light to Europe's first serious attempt to reduce bureaucracy, according to the Daily Telegraph .

The Consumer Panel has added its voice to the growing number of trade bodies and fund managers who are urging the Financial Services Authority not to apply lighter regulations to offshore companies wishing to seek LSE listings.

The government will cap the taxpayer's liability for civil service pensions should increases in life expectancy exceed expectations, Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for the civil service, said yesterday, reports the Financial Times...

Wealth management advisory firm St James's Place has announced it's chief executive is to step down, effective immediately.

The Financial Services Authority is investigating how market sensitive information was leaked during four recent takeovers in London, reports the Daily Telegraph .

Mortgage lenders could be tempted into making riskier home loans as they search for new sources of revenue amid fierce competition, a new report by a credit rating agency suggests today, says the Financial Times .

LogicaCMG, the IT company supplying many larger financial services customers, says implementation of MiFID rules could lead to the ‘death' of the London Stock Exchange.

GENERAL ELECTRIC has revived plans to sell its UK life insurance arm, reports The Daily Telegraph .

Standard Life has just announced its members have voted overwhelmingly to demutualise the life insurance firm and become the newest listed company on the London Stock Exchange.

CAMPAIGNERS WILL gear up for a battle for government compensation for 85,000 people who lost pension benefits when their occupational schemes were wound up, reports The Financial Times .