A telephone advice service offered by Aviva - originally believed to be a casualty of the provider's decision to exit advised sales in May - was in fact pulled months earlier after an audit flagged concerns over the quality of advice given to customers....

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) successfully prosecuted more than 600 people for tax evasion in 2012-13, more than double the amount in the previous 12 months and well ahead of its target for the year, figures show.

Financial advisers should utilise their relationships with solicitors and accountants to drum up auto-enrolment (AE) business, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

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Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has cancelled a campaign designed to educate non-UK domiciled (non-dom) individuals about making remittances following concerns from an accountancy body.

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Financial planning business Informed Choice is overhauling the way it charges clients after admitting it had under-priced the advice element of its offering.

St James's Place (SJP) took advantage of a "dislocation" in the advice market caused by regulatory upheaval to grow adviser numbers by more than 6% in the first half of the year, its CEO David Bellamy has said.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is offering structured continuing professional development (CPD) to advisers through bespoke meetings with its sales managers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is taking action against at least 16 firms or individuals who it believes are running or promoting investments illegally as collective investment schemes (CISs).