Membership of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reached more than 35,000, with more than 1,000 people joining in the past year.

Recently launched Family Building Society has linked with Chase de Vere and Key Retirement Solutions for later life planning referrals.

Legal & General (L&G), the country's biggest pension fund manager, has confirmed the end of its Association of British Insurers (ABI) membership.

The Co-operative Group has released details of its new governance structure following a review by ex-City minister Lord Myners.

Advice firms have raised fears over "systemic mis-selling" through simplified advice and said ongoing regulatory uncertainty has stifled market developments, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

A retired IFA currently battling an Ombudsman payment protection insurance claim dating from the 1980s says the lack of a complaints long-stop for advisers is "crazily unfair" and is pushing his MP to intervene.

Advisory firms have successfully adapted to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but the cost of regulation remains a massive barrier to development, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

Confidence in the UK economy has hit a post-crisis high despite soaring valuations pointing towards a correction, according to the FT.

A record year at Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) saw 40,000 queries a week resulting in 512,167 new complaints during the past 12 months.

Royal London's operating profits for 2013 were up to £346m, with new business accounting for £70m of the gains.