Talks over the transfer of 240 Park Row advisers to 2plan Wealth Management may have fallen through as a result of legislation introduced three years ago to preserve employees' terms and conditions when switching employer.

National IFA 2plan Wealth Management this afternoon expressed its "surprise" after learning talks over the transfer of 240 IFAs from Park Row had collapsed.

Talks proposing the bulk transfer of more than 200 Park Row advisers to national IFA 2plan Wealth Management have broken down after the duo failed to agree satisfactory terms.

The FSA today told advisers and providers: there is no hope the RDR will not happen.

Kathy Byrne uncovers the complex nature of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

Continuing his exclusive series for Professional Adviser, Mark Loosmore from technology consultancy AT8 Group analyses product and fund tools for advisers. This week: Synaptic

The launch of a website offering independent financial advice on pensions is being hailed as the dawn of a "new age" of distribution to the mass market.

The FSA has burst a growing bubble of opinion it intends to cut the number of financial advice firms in the UK by "over-regulating" the sector.

Nucleus chief executive David Ferguson is going to sit back and enjoy developments in what is becoming THE place to be in financial services.

David Elms is stepping down as chief executive of IFA Promotion after being diagnosed with cancer.