The Chartered Insurance Institute's chief executive is stepping down, the organisation has announced this morning. Read more ...

A £75m bill is today looming for financial advisers in order to pay for the FCA. Read more ...

Coutts International, the overseas arm of the private bank, has been sold by Royal Bank of Scotland today. Read more ...

A slew of job appointments have been made by Aviva after the proposed takeover of Friends Life won the backing of shareholders. Read more ...

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has called on the FCA to take urgent action to protect consumers who buy their retirement products through 'non-advice' sales.

An ex-Financial Planning manager has been sent to jail and ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds in costs for insider dealing. Read more ...

Soon-to-be-retirees are coming under increasing strain as they try to financially support their families, research has found. Read more ...

The Information Commissioner's Office, the body responsible for uphold information rights, is to probe allegations that firms have passed on sensitive individual pensions data. Read more ...

The latest complaints data published by the Financial Conduct Authority shows that financial services firms received 2,183,540 new complaints (including those related to PPI) between July and December 2014. Read more ...

The Institute of Financial Planning has opened for entries its prestigious David Norton "Building Excellence" award. Read more ...