The Bank of England considered increasing the size of its asset purchase programme by £75bn, according to the latest minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee.

Wealth manager St James’s Place expects the RDR to diminish its adviser numbers and slow growth.

MPs are meeting today for the first day of discussions around the Financial Services Bill.

Sipps specialist John Moret has joined the management team of retirement planning firm Intelligent Pensions as non-executive chairman.

AXA Wealth has secured a new long-term agreement with platform technology provider FNZ to provide more support on the Elevate platform.

Some 850,000 tax penalties have been issued to people who failed to complete their 2010/11 self-assessment on time, according to HM Revenue and Customs.

AXA Wealth is to launch a new direct platform called AXA Self Investor in response to adviser demand.

Santander has been fined £1.5m by the Financial Services Authority for failing to clarify the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s cover on its structured products.

Aviva is targeting advisers in its next phase of its campaign to raise awareness of families’ protection needs.

The very first IFP Financial Planning One Day Conference will take place in London this week.