Concerns are mounting over the number of orphaned clients post-RDR after the FSA said a customer's new adviser could inherit their existing trail commission.

Cutting the annual pension allowance to £50,000 has been welcomed by the industry, but the move has immediate implications for higher earners.

Institutional investors are preparing to take a stand against an FSA diktat clamping down on contact between the City and the press.

UK banks have proposed creating a £1.5bn ‘business growth fund' to invest in small businesses.

The IFP has mapped its CFP certification standards against the RDR qualification learning outcomes to help members identify their CPD gap-fill requirements.

St James's Place (SJP) is close to completing a compensation package for some 30 investors who collectively lost millions of pounds in investments made by a former senior partner.

More than half of Britain's bankers expect to see substantial rises in their bonus payouts this year, according to a survey by eFinancialCareers, the City recruitment agency.

New Hargreaves Lansdown chief executive Ian Gorham has been granted 1.3 million shares worth more than £5.7m under the wealth manager's executive share option scheme.

The FSA has cancelled an insurance broker's Part IV permissions for failing to meet its capital adequacy requirements.

Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, today sold a near 3% stake in the business, raising some £58m.