Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, is to leave the regulator at the end of June.

One in four consumers would be willing to pay for financial advice, according to AXA Wealth.

The Work and Pensions Select Committee believes the cap on contributions to auto-enrolment pensions should be lifted.

Aegon has become the first provider to agree to run integrated auto-enrolment support with Nest.

Wrap platform Ascentric has announced it has reached £4bn in assets under administration and added 50 new firms.

MF Global claims account for £27m of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s £60m interim levy.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has set an interim levy of £60m for investment intermediaries.

The Financial Services Authority has announced it plans to publish a consultation paper on platforms by the end of March.

Saving pots of the over-55s have risen by 24 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest Aviva real retirement report.

Legal and General saw its profits before tax fall from £1.1bn to £956m in 2011, according to its preliminary results today.