Parmenion is set to upgrade its in-house self-invested personal pension (SIPP) wrapper when the retirement freedoms unveiled at last year's Budget are rolled out on 6 April.

The government has laid draft regulations before parliament to introduce a 75 basis point charge cap on defined contribution (DC) default funds alongside a raft of additional governance requirements for trustees.

Almost a fifth of all firms granted interim consumer credit permissions are IFAs, according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) figures.

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An adviser who lived rent free in a disabled client's buy-to-let house without his consent or knowledge has been jailed for more than two years.

IFA consolidator AFH Financial has acquired the assets of two advisory businesses, adding £55m in client funds.

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Intelliflo has added FE Analytics to its Intelligent Office business management system.