Advisory group Charles Derby is offering to help supervise client-facing advisers who will not meet the new minimum qualification requirement set by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in time.

The Treasury Committee has promised to monitor the benefits to consumers of changes introduced as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) again said it would be sticking to its year-end implementation...

Peter Hargreaves has criticised ministers for failing to shore up the economy, and omitting to "look in their own backyard" for solutions to the problem.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has elected Garry Hale, managing director of HK Wealth Managers Limited, as president for the year 2012/13.

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Advisers lucky enough to take clients for the odd 18-hole now and again may be pleased (as will the clients) by a court case which may make the rounds a little cheaper.

The Prime Minister is set to continue his Cabinet re-shuffle on Tuesday after appointing Andrew Mitchell, former International Development Secretary, as his new chief whip.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will lay down a marker to the financial services industry by widening the scope of the incoming commission ban on retail investment sales, according to a report in The Independent.

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