The government is inviting views on bringing peer-to-peer loans within the scope of ISA qualifying investments, and making advice on them a regulated activity.

HSBC is to review historical pension transfer cases to see if it is earning trail income for ongoing advice it is not delivering.

From 'give us a quote' to 'what should I do?': How pension freedoms are transforming client behaviour

Discretionary fund manager Tilney for Intermediaries is giving advisers the option of conducting the risk profile and suitability checks in-house before handing over investment responsibility.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has written to the Money Advice Service (MAS) and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) to suggest they change their names to better reflect the services they offer.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) should drop the word ‘advice' from its title as it is "confusing" for the public, according to a director at an advisory firm.

Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, has hit back at claims the government is pushing through its wide-ranging pension reforms "in a big rush" ahead of next year's general election.

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The financial services industry will be subject to a new wave of criticism and claims unless reputational safeguards are put in place ahead of the delivery of free retirement ‘guidance' from next April, according to Friends Life chief financial officer...

Banking giant HSBC has been told to return the trail commission it took from a retiree for ongoing pensions advice it never delivered.