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Advised sales set to slump after bumper 2014 - FCA data
  • Regulation
Advised sales set to slump after bumper 2014 - FCA data

Drop is similar in non-advised arena as annuity sales slide

  • 01 December 2015
  • Regulation
Decade-old document suggests most women aware of SPA reform

Former pensions minister Steve Webb unearths archived 2004 research

  • 25 November 2015
  • Companies
Financial planning service for over-50s launched

A financial planning and investment service offering regulated advice, guidance and execution-only services to the over-50s has been launched in a joint venture between Tilney Bestinvest and Saga.

  • 09 November 2015
  • Technology
Ten ways robo-advisers will impact human advisers

The rise of robo-advice has been described as the "most significant development in the delivery of financial advice in the last 30 years", but how exactly might it affect traditional advice? FinaMetrica has produced a list of ten possibles...

  • 05 November 2015
  • Technology
Robo-advice: Report detects 'elephant in the room'

'Perpetual thorn' in advisers' side could also sting robos, report suggests

  • 05 November 2015
  • People
Simon Glazier named Chartered Financial Planner of the Year

Carbon Financial Partners picks up the corporate award

  • 03 November 2015
Royal London chief renews attack on plan to tax pensions like ISAs
  • Pensions
Royal London chief renews attack on plan to tax pensions like ISAs

The chief executive of life and investments provider Royal London has renewed his criticism of proposals to tax income saved into pensions like an ISA.

  • 02 November 2015
  • Critical Illness
SunLife enhances heart attack definition under critical illness

SunLife has announced changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) in line with updated best practice published a year ago by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

  • 28 October 2015
FOS lead ombudsman challenges 'myth' of consumer favouritism
  • Regulation
FOS lead ombudsman challenges 'myth' of consumer favouritism

Caroline Mitchell speaks out

  • 22 October 2015
Platforms are finished, hard-hitting report suggests
  • Wrap/platforms
Platforms are finished, hard-hitting report suggests

Price and proposition pressures weigh on platforms, but do retirement reforms offer hope?

  • 22 October 2015
  • RDR
FCA: Concerns linger over adviser payments despite inducements ban

Regulator 'encouraged' by adviser firms' response but fears potential for bias remains in some firms

  • 21 October 2015
Vanguard step closer to active fund launches in UK
  • Equities
Vanguard step closer to active fund launches in UK

Index fund pioneer eyes 'handful' of funds within next year

  • 19 October 2015
Judge rejects claim IFA should have 'corrected' pre-2008 crash advice
  • Regulation
Judge rejects claim IFA should have 'corrected' pre-2008 crash advice

Couple lost £43k in 18 months on £700k investment as banking crisis emerged

  • 13 October 2015
  • Your profession
Enter your firm for a Professional Adviser award

Do you have an exceptional, repeatable, client-centric advice process? Show us...

  • 13 October 2015
A complaints long-stop: Five options on the table
  • Regulation
A complaints long-stop: Five options on the table

The govt and FCA are consulting on the options for a time bar on complaints against financial advice

  • 12 October 2015
Old Mutual Wealth launches planning tool to complete retirement income suite
  • Income
Old Mutual Wealth launches planning tool to complete retirement income suite

Provider brands retirement income offering IncomeSelect

  • 09 October 2015
  • Your profession
Professionaladviser.com - new look, new feel, new aim

Introducing the new look - and fully 'responsive' - Professionaladviser.com

  • 07 October 2015
Pension transfers: Four ideas for speeding them up
  • Regulation
Pension transfers: Four ideas for speeding them up

A mandatory requirement on providers to use Origo's Options Transfers service is among the suggestions for improving the efficiency of pension transfers.

  • 16 September 2015
Providers confused on pension transfer advice rules
  • Regulation
Providers confused on pension transfer advice rules

Some providers that insist regulated advice be taken by customers seeking to transfer out of their pensions are unsure why they require it, research suggests.

  • 16 September 2015
IFP board votes 'yes' to CISI merger
  • Your profession
IFP board votes 'yes' to CISI merger

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) board has voted to proceed to the next stage of its proposed merger with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), despite misgivings from some members.

  • 07 September 2015
  • Investment
Advice firm IFS adds two funds to Sentinel range

Advisory group Independent Financial Solutions (IFS) has added two funds to its Sentinel range.

  • 14 August 2015
Revealed: The ten best adviser websites 2015
  • Technology
Revealed: The ten best adviser websites 2015

Revealed: The ten best adviser websites 2015

  • 13 August 2015
  • Your profession
Adviser noticeboard: Post-it note size stuff for IFAs

Post-it note size stuff for IFAs and paraplanners

  • 12 August 2015
  • Technology
Join us for The Seven Wonders of Adviser Tech event

Join us on 29 September in London to hear in person how one award-winning IFA used technology to build an advice proposition for the mass market...

  • 11 August 2015
  • Your profession
'Immense': Members react as IFP proposes merger with CISI

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) is proposing to merge with the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI) in a bid to accelerate the growth of financial planning in the UK.

  • 07 August 2015
  • Retirement
Event: Do advice firms need centralised retirement propositions?

In the wake of the pension freedoms, do advice firms need a centralised retirement proposition and, if so, how might that differ from an investment proposition? Come along to the 2015 FE Investment Summit next month to find out...

  • 05 August 2015
  • TCF
IFA submits portfolios for independent verification; gets top marks

An independent advisory business is set to submit its investment portfolios for regular scrutiny after independent tests were carried out on a trio of live client cases.

  • 04 August 2015
  • Regulation
Call for 'safe harbour' for advisers as rules reviewed

The introduction of ‘safe harbour' legislation for financial advisers would be a welcome step towards rebalancing liability between advisers and clients, according to one stakeholder, after the government announced a major review looking at how advice...

  • 04 August 2015
  • Regulation
Four advice gap pioneers the government must speak to

Four advice gap pioneers the government must speak to

  • 03 August 2015
  • Regulation
Govt says savers in a muddle over mandatory advice rules

The government is seeking views on whether retirement savers are aware of when independent financial advice must be taken before accessing their pots, following the pension freedoms introduced in April.

  • 30 July 2015
  • Investment
St James's Place acquires Rowan Dartington in £34m deal

St James's Place (SJP) has agreed a deal to acquire stockbroker and discretionary investment manager Rowan Dartington Holdings in a deal worth up to £34m.

  • 29 July 2015
  • Your profession
First financial planning model for people with sight loss launched

The first financial planning proposition for people with sight impairment has been launched.

  • 22 July 2015
  • Whole of Life
'Pay more commission' protection plea made

Protection providers should pay intermediaries more commission to help the industry experiment and grow, according to the founder of a comparison service.

  • 21 July 2015
  • Regulation
FSCS payouts for SIPP-related claims against IFAs jump 50%

The average compensation payout for a SIPP-related claim against failed IFAs rose almost 50% in 2014-15 against the previous 12 months, prompting a £20m interim levy on life and pensions advisers.

  • 16 July 2015
The best adviser websites: 25 contenders
  • Technology
The best adviser websites: 25 contenders

The best adviser websites: 25 contenders

  • 15 July 2015
  • Retirement
Summer Budget 2015 as it happened - tailored coverage for financial advisers

Welcome to Professional Adviser's as-it-happened coverage of the summer Budget 2015 - with a slant, as always, towards those announcements, issues, outcomes and views affecting UK financial advisers...

  • 08 July 2015
  • Regulation
FOS rulings: Professional Adviser calls for evidence of inconsistency

Professional Adviser calls for evidence of inconsistency

  • 07 July 2015
  • Adviser tips
New IFA using face aging app to encourage savings habit

A new advisory business is using a popular face aging app to show clients what they will look like in 30 years, after evidence suggested consumers' attitudes to long-term savings shift if they see an older version of themselves.

  • 03 July 2015
Bold and brilliant adviser websites: Think yours is one of them?
  • Technology
Bold and brilliant adviser websites: Think yours is one of them?

Professional Adviser is on the look-out for bold and brilliant adviser websites. Does yours deserve our attention?

  • 30 June 2015
  • Regulation
Pension reforms: CII considers exam for frontline provider staff

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is considering launching a qualification for product providers' staff who are likely to deal with at-retirement customers.

  • 26 June 2015
  • Pensions
Are defined benefit transfers worth the risk for advisers?

Are defined benefit transfers worth the risk for advisers?

  • 03 June 2015
Stewart Ford launches £650m damages claim against FSA and PwC
  • Regulation
Stewart Ford launches £650m damages claim against FSA and PwC

Stewart Ford is seeking £650m in damages from the financial regulator and administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for "causing" the collapse of Keydata, the investment firm he founded and which attracted almost £500m of investors' capital.

  • 26 May 2015
FCA: We're primed for robo-advice
  • Technology
FCA: We're primed for robo-advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has laid the groundwork for firms to come to market with ‘robo-advice' models, its director of strategy and competition Chris Woolard has suggested.

  • 22 May 2015
Pensions minister Altmann hopeful on 'second hand' annuity market
  • Regulation
Pensions minister Altmann hopeful on 'second hand' annuity market

New pensions minister Ros Altmann has said she is hopeful existing annuitants will get the opportunity to sell their right to an income for a lump sum.

  • 21 May 2015
  • Regulation
Advisers not winning clients via Pension Wise, says APFA

Advisers' contribution to funding government retirement guidance service Pension Wise should be reduced because they are not benefitting from its existence as much as anticipated, according to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA)....

  • 20 May 2015
  • Regulation
FCA bans adviser for UCIS recommendations to low income clients

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined a financial adviser for making unsuitable recommendations of high-risk and often unregulated investments.

  • 20 May 2015
  • Regulation
Hargreaves Lansdown slapped with £4.6m FSCS bill; attacks 'extremely frustrating' system

Hargreaves Lansdown has attacked the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy system as "placing an unfair burden on reputable and blameless firms" as the group anticipates a £4.6m bill.

  • 20 May 2015
  • Regulation
Revealed: The number of advice firms lost each year to client claims

More than 600 adviser firms have been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in the last five years - an average of almost 130 each year - as the impact of a number of high-profile investment failures continues to take...

  • 18 May 2015
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