The chief executive of Transact has confirmed the company is preparing itself for flotation. Read more ...
Two pension firms have warned of the possible dangers of proposals for re-selling existing annuity contracts, with one saying they are "probably ill-conceived". Read more ...

The Bank Rate will be remaining at 0.5% after it was announced this afternoon that The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to maintain it for another month.

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Three company directors have begun long jail terms after the first in a number of Serious Fraud Office cases to come to trial involving the mis-selling of investment products connected with Sipps. Read more ...
National advisory firm Lighthouse Group has announced a "low-cost" online advice service. Read more ...
A Financial Planning firm founded by an adviser to the stars is aiming to put a year of upheaval behind it, with sights set on hitting a turnover of around £1m in 2015. Read more ...
A Financial Planner is enduring temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius as he tries to make headway in his 222km trek to reach the South Pole. Read more ...
Threadneedle Investments has announced this morning that it will rebrand its business as Columbia Threadneedle Investments in the first half of 2015. Read more ...
A business support company, which works with about 5,000 financial advisers across the country, has announced it is considering a flotation or selling a stake in the firm. Read more ...
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