Mark Loosmore of technology consultancy AT8 Group wraps up his reviews of the best investment tools available to IFAs.

David Ingram, a partner at threesixty, examines the evolving role of model portfolios.

If I go to a protection conference these days and don't find myself frustrated on at least two occasions, I feel like something's wrong...

The FSA is threatening "follow-up action" against an IFA seeking to time-bar client complaints by including a 15-year long-stop in his terms of business (ToB) contracts.

Standards International is in discussions with the British Standards Institute (BSI) to be able to offer advisers the world-renowned Kitemark alongside the ISO 22222 in personal financial planning.

After falling on Tuesday, European markets opened up this morning boosted by banks and oil as investors await more corporate results.

Fee-based Mazars Financial Planning says IFAs will play a key role in shopping to the FSA evidence of restricted firms masquerading as independent.

The FTSE 100 opened 0.5% down as banks fell on news Qatar's sovereign wealth fund had sold stock in Barclays.

Anger over bank bonuses gathered a new head of steam yesterday as the country's top regulator urged lenders to pare back their payouts and news emerged of a £5m "golden hello" for 11 traders at the state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland.

The joint administrator of structured product provider NDFA has confirmed it will not be progressing with the Defined Income Plan August 2009.