We know things are often done a little differently in the US, but Cleveland-based adviser Ken Robinson has opted to use the very latest in social media to promote his business.

So it appears advisers yet to reach the RDR's minimum qualification requirement (the equivalent of QCF Level 4, or, in equally confusing terms, about the same as the first year of an Honours degree) can be assessed via case studies and coursework, instead...

"We spent a lot of money recruiting the wrong people."

Clegg finally arrives, Cameron gets heated, Brown mentions a terrorist atrocity...

An IFA is calling for the financial advice community to unite in condemnation against the FSA's immunity from civil action.

The Liberal Democrats, long-time supporters of regional stock exchanges, today made their establishment part of its economic pledge in its 2010 General Election manifesto.

Friends Provident CEO Trevor Matthews was today unveiled as chairman of the re-licensed FSSC.

The FSA today fined David Baker, former deputy chief executive of Northern Rock, £504,000 for misreporting mortgage arrears figures.

Homeowners are rushing to put their properties up for sale in a bid to beat the General Election, surveyors said.

Kensington Mortgage Company has been fined £1.225m for the "unfair treatment" of some customers in arrears and has agreed to pay an estimated £1.066m customer redress.