The banning of marketing "packages" between providers and advisory groups would bankrupt most networks and support service providers, Threesixty managing director Phil Young said.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has warned the government that the threat of retrospective regulation is preventing advisers from recommending enterprise investment schemes (EIS) to clients.

Tenet advisers will have their professional indemnity insurance (PII) excess cut by 50% on claims on advice given after they obtain their Statement of Professional Standing (SPS).

Chris Hull, head of operations at Aegon-owned national IFA Positive Solutions, has left the company after nine years.

UCIS provider Connaught Asset Management is to reimburse investors in its Income Series 2 this week.

Standard Life has signed a five-year platform distribution deal with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) will launch a new flat-free pricing model later this month, in an attempt to grow its advised business.

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Advisers are now able to build, run and trade share portfolios as actively as a fund manager - but with trades costing as little as 50p, a fraction of the usual cost, a firm has said.

A group of Nucleus IFAs have produced a free guide to risk management in advisory businesses.