In another extract from their new book 'How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Retail Financial Services', Nick and Martin Bamford tackle staffing and recruitment issues.

Mark Williams, former head of finance at Skandia UK's now-defunct Business Unit, is set to rejoin his former boss Brett Williams at Cofunds as finance director.

Personal Touch and Tenet will both add significantly to their adviser numbers after impressing at roadshows arranged for in-limbo Park Row IFAs last week.

Cofunds founder Andy Creak and finance director Andrew Harris are leaving the platform.

Asset manager and financial planner Ashcourt has announced it is merging with Rowan and Company Capital Management.

The Bank of England today kept its key lending rate at a record low of 0.5%.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Liz Field as its interim chief executive as it awaits a decision on whether its skills council licence will be renewed.

J.P.Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) today announced its head of UK operations Campbell Fleming has resigned.

Advisers are more confident now than they were two years ago the RDR will enhance their professional status and reputation, despite continued ill-feeling toward other proposals in the review, research suggests.

Financial planning will shed its ‘industry' tag and be seen as a ‘profession' within a decade, Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) CEO Nick Cann says.