A global crackdown on rogue 'finfluencers' (social media influencers) has been launched this week by nine regulators and is being spearheaded by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority.

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As I promised a little while ago, this is my promised: ‘What do we do much better than before’ article. Instead of a very long list (which it would be), I want to focus on four connected and fundamental things.

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A single person would need a pension pot of £682,000 - down £56,000 on last year - to produce a ‘comfortable’ retirement income, according to calculations by wealth manager Quilter.

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North East-based financial advice firm PCM Asset Management Limited (FRN: 589116) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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Most workplace pension industry experts have welcomed the government's new Pension Schemes Bill, published today, which the DWP says will improve the pension savings of 20m workers.

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The Department for Work and Pensions says 20m workers will benefit from the mammoth new Pension Schemes Bill which was laid before Parliament today.

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The Financial Ombudsman Service has proposed to change the interest applied to any awards it directs financial firms to make.

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A third (33%) of annuity buyers failed to compare rates from two or more providers before purchasing, according to a new report.

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Retail investors may be failing to understand key issues with passive fixed income funds and are risking potentially significant under-performance, according to a new report.

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The FCA has issued a public apology for delays in its investigation into peer-to-peer lending firm FundingSecure, its second apology issued in two weeks.

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