Five connected pension 'liberation' schemes that received transfers totalling more than £134 million from over 1,400 individuals have been shut down.

An important figure at the Financial Conduct Authority is leaving to assume a key role in the pensions revolution by taking charge of The Pensions Regulator.

The rise of UKIP in British politics may spark short-term volatility in financial markets, a global financial advisory firm has cautioned.

A Wales based Financial Planning firm has told how taking part in an IFP campaign in recent years has won it new long term clients.

There is a major lack of knowledge about the difference between Financial Planning and advice among the general public, a Financial Planning firm director has said, ahead of a key campaign.

A new executive general manager has been appointed by an IFP corporate member to strengthen its lending team.

Nearly 300,000 small employers will not seek advice when choosing a pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment.

The FCA and Prudential Regulation Authority have today jointly fined Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (including NatWest and Ulster Bank) a total of £56m for IT failures in June 2012 which prevented the banks' customers from accessing banking services for several weeks.

Newly released figures have shown there is a gap of nearly nine years in the life expectancy for a newborn baby boy in South Cambridgeshire compared to Blackpool.

A financial advisory firm has reported lifetime annuity sales only account for 25% of its total business written since the Budget reforms – a fall of 22%.