Brave new world

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has dismissed a widow's complaint that Aegon mis-sold her late husband an annuity that meant she got next to nothing when he died suddenly.

A film scheme that was ruled to have been used by investors including high-profile celebrities solely to avoid tax plans to take its fight to the highest court in the land.

Teamwork takes practise

Investment advisers still need to make "substantial" improvements in demonstrating the suitability of their advice, despite a series of warnings, the regulator has found.

Salesmen selling investments in self-storage units have said they lied and forged documents to persuade investors to part with pensions worth £100m.

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What may have caught your clients' attention in our weekly weekend papers round-up...

UK manufacturing is suffering a poor end to 2015 amid "gathering gloom" from the global economy, according to industry body the EEF.

The owners of independent advice firm Towry have brought forward plans for a sale, according to reports, quashing expectations of a stock market float for now.