The Bank of England's Money Policy Committee voted 8-1 today to keep its Bank Rate unchanged today at half a per cent.

Schroders has published its interim management statement covering the nine months to 30 September 2015 which shows pre-tax profit up 12% to £453.2m.

Standard Life is to invest £30m into its wrap platform which is widely used by Financial Planners. Read more ...

Nearly £1.08 billion has now been paid out to Equitable Life policyholders through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

Platform and Sipp operator AJ Bell is warning that the distinction between financial advice and other information or guidance services has become blurred and this is having two dangerous consequences.

One in five employers in the finance sector are judging interviewees on what they find on social media, says a new report.

FCA acting chief executive Tracey McDermott has urged an end to what she calls an “adversial” approach to regulation. Read more ...

Xafinity Sipp & SSAS says it has recorded twice as many “second hand” property Sipps being transferred from other Sipp providers into their Sipp contract. Read more ...

Equiniti research has found that an increasing number of people say their biggest financial challenges is fear of not being able to afford to retire. Read more ...

The most rapid increases in life expectancy at birth over the last two decades were in London (7 years), the North East (6 years) and the North West (5.8 years), according to new data from the Office for National Statistics. Read more ...