Zurich has overhauled its platform fee structure and announced a cut in its initial investment charge for all clients.

Revenue at wealth manager and employee benefits business Mattioli Woods grew by a quarter in the past 12 months, latest figures show.

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.

Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and several colleagues have deferred taking their annual bonuses because of an ongoing review into the bungled announcement of an insurance industry investigation.

US prosecutors have hit Barclays with fraud charges which claim the British lender lied to investors about its dark pool electronic trading operations.

Revenue from taxes on home buyers and savers looks likely to exceed money hauled in from ‘sin taxes' such as those applied to alcohol and tobacco, according to the Daily Telegraph.

European markets climbed this morning following the release of a dovish statement from the Federal Reserve about the growth outlook for the world's largest economy.

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The number of savers putting enough money into their pension to secure an adequate retirement is at its highest level since 2009 at 53%, according to Scottish Widows research.

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