A new member of the AIFA council has pledged to fight the need for advisers to get reauthorisation when changing firms.
I read with interest a story on IFAonline.co.uk and the comments that followed about Sesame doubling their case checking rates.
Former Park Row sales and marketing director Carey Shakespeare has joined Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (BMAM) as head of marketing.
Advisory firms not actively preparing for the RDR will be considered investigation targets by the FSA, warns a City lawyer.
An elderly couple say they would be ‘very wary' of using an IFA again, after finding themselves caught up in both the Keydata and Park Row debacles.
A former Park Row adviser has decided to leave the IFA sector because he is fed up with waiting for the FSA to re-authorise him.
Sitanta Ni Mathghamhna looks at why risk management should be a top priority for advisers.
Jim Reeve, chief executive of national IFA Positive Solutions, this week moved to quell partners' fears of a company-wide legacy business review he admits will "likely" lead to at least some client redress.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has banned Peter Sprung from membership for five years and ordered him to pay a fine.
Royal Liver and Royal London have successfully completed the first stage of merger talks and have signed an agreement setting out the framework for ongoing discussions.