The FCA has this morning finalised plans to crack down on misleading financial promotions through social media services such as Twitter. Read more ...

The FCA has abandoned plans to require firms to identify financial promotions on Twitter by using the hashtag #ad. Read more ...

A former compliance director at network Financial Group has been fined £33,800 by the FCA and also been given a ban. Read more ...

The final Budget of this Parliament may feature plans which could lead to a new market in second-hand annuities. Read more ...

The chief executive of the FCA expects some retirees to head to the gamblers' paradise of Las Vegas and blow their pension pots from April. Read more ...

The financial services industry must invest in more apprenticeships, says a body dedicated to building professionalism in the UK.

A host of expert speakers will delve into the Discretionary Fund Manager 'universe' tomorrow in Birmingham. Read more ...

Prudential's group chief executive will quit later this year to join Credit Suisse. Read more ...

A new independent pensions commission needs to be extablished similar to the one that initiated auto-enrolment , the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee has said. Read more ...

Paraplanners have expressed excitement at the developments announced to expand the Powwow movement and take it online.