Which are the best risk profiling tools?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended the methods it uses to calculate advisers' contribution to its annual costs as fair and proportionate, as it confirmed a 10% hike for firms for 2015-2016.

A man who enticed dozens of investors to inject millions into a trader's fraudulent scheme has had an appeal against his two-year prison sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

IFA Nick Bamford accepts Rory Percival's challenge over FOS verdicts

The retirement reforms resemble a "botched DIY job" according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), as the government comes under fresh attack for its implementation of the pension ‘freedoms'.

The government is to examine whether savers looking to take advantage of the pension 'freedoms' introduced in April face "excessive" early exit charges.

There were more than 750 reported cases of pension liberation fraud last year, an increase on the previous 12 months, according to the latest figures.

Professional Adviser's bitesize guide to developments advisers should know about (but which didn't quite merit their own headline)...

Most advisers are confident their business will be prepared for the upcoming switch-off of fund-based trail commission, according to a poll which contradicts other research conducted on firms' readiness.

Are defined benefit transfers worth the risk for advisers?