The Financial Services Authority has said there is still ‘no fixed date’ for the latest platform paper, following previous delays.

The Financial Services Authority has recommended projection rates are revised downwards.

Customers are finding financial products complex but are still unwilling to use a financial adviser, according to Ernst and Young.

Ernst and Young has forecast that advisers have failed to consider the changes to their value proposition and business models post-RDR.

HM Treasury has postponed its proposed changes to the limits on Venture Capital Trusts following concerns from the Association of Investment Companies.

The Financial Services Authority has written a guide for consumers on how the RDR will change financial advice.

The Bank of England has maintained the base rate at 0.5 per cent and kept the size of the asset purchase programme at £325bn.

MFP Wealth Management has appointed Kathy Roe as marketing director for the firm.

Shane Mullins, managing director of Fiscal Engineers, has given advice to companies considering entering the David Norton award.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has forecast it will need a further £38.3m to cover victims of CF Arch Cru.