Proposals to include advisers' qualifications alongside their company and disciplinary details on the FSA Register have been welcomed by the Association of IFAs (AIFA).

Advisers who find written or oral examinations "stressful" may be tested via practical assessments and course work, the FSA confirms today.

A lawyer representing advisers faced with client complaints over investments placed in the suspended Arch cru funds has hit out at regulators for endorsing the vehicles.

Royal Bank of Scotland remains on course for a bruising showdown with the Government over bonuses after Sir Philip Hampton, the chairman, insisted that the bank must be allowed to pay "market rates" to staff in its investment bank and the chief executive,...

Independent financial advisers are the most trusted practitioners in financial services, ahead of building societies, investment companies and life insurers, a study concludes.

Advice firms that give most of their staff clearly-defined job roles are more profitable than those that do not, research suggests.

Wales-based IFA Buckles Investment Services is set to abandon its previous strategy of only acquiring businesses in the North West with a push South in the New Year.

The UK inflation rate in November was the highest in six months, official figures show.

Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than City bankers, according to a report that shows many low-paid workers increase the wellbeing of the nation more than the high-flying and much better-paid financial-sector staff.

General practitioners (GPs) are in danger of being "forgotten" by providers changing their propositions to cater for a perceived increase in wealth managers with high-net-worth clients post-RDR, a study concludes.