Mortgage broker John Charcol says the Government is demonstrating a "complete failure" to understand the current state of the housing market after research suggested up to 3.5 million households are unable to move.

Scottish Life has updated its series of technical information leaflets on income drawdown for financial advisers.

An elderly war widow has won a stunning victory against Lloyds TSB after she was advised to gamble her life savings on the stock market.

National IFA 2plan Wealth Management is set to open a Midlands office manned with nine new recruits as the firm continues its UK expansion plans.

IFAs are being warned to brace themselves for a 50% hike in their Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance premiums next year as the market downturn shows little sign of abating.

The French and German economies are no longer in ‘official' recession after experiencing growth in Q2, new figures suggest.

Partridge Muir & Warren managing director Simon Lewis explains how his business has benefited from streamlining and a technology-driven approach.

IFA support services provider threesixty is teaming up with Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) and multi-manager house Margetts to provide two new ranges of model portfolios to boost advisers' asset allocation options.

Bryce Sanders, president of Perceptive Business Solutions Inc., shares his tips for advisers trying to get fearful clients to invest again.

Dutch insurer Aegon says it plans to sell up to EUR 1bn (£860m) in stock to partially repay aid it received from the Dutch government.