A return to a maximum commission agreement (MCA) would have "solved a lot of the industry's problems" and reinvigorated product innovation, True Potential managing partner David Harrison says.

Sanjeev Shah, manager of the Fidelity Special Situations fund, will be taking your questions in a live conference call next week.

IFA support services provider True Potential has secured FSA authorisation to launch a wrap platform in the first quarter of the year.

You'll never guess. Fidelity International lists some key facts on China as vice premier Li KeQiang leads a group of government officials and business leaders visiting the UK this week.

Keith Baldwin, the former chief executive of the Zurich Advice Network, has joined Intrinsic Financial Services as a non-executive director.

The FSA has fined RBS and NatWest a total of £2.8m for customer complaint failings after finding the banks responded inadequately to more than half the gripes it reviewed.

Banks helped the FTSE add 1% in morning trading Tuesday as the index climbed above 6,000 once again.

Britain's banks were given the go-ahead last night to pay unlimited bonuses, drawing to a close a two-year political battle to rein in the City.

The FSA today proposes income protection plans with a 'small' investment element, better known as Holloway policies, should be exempt from the RDR's adviser charging and professionalism rules.

Lucy Courtenay, director of education at the IFP, has been promoted to qualifications director as the professional body extends its reach into the examinations arena.