One in ten advisers are now restricted compared with one in 30 in fourth-quarter 2012, and this will increase to one in six by the end of the year, research predicts.

Lighthouse Group has strengthened its relationship with Foresters Friendly Society meaning that the society's full product suite will now be made available to Lighthouse advisers.

Tenet Group has said it will save the 70 advisers affected by Merchant House Financial Services (MHFS) being put into administration.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has urged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to investigate Claims Management Companies (CMCs), which it thinks are increasingly manufacturing claims.

Royal London has announced annual bonuses for 2012 and final bonuses for 2013 for with-profits policies in the Royal London Long Term Fund and in the closed Scottish Life Fund.

In a vigorous response to Chancellor George Osborne's 2013 Budget, leader of the opposition Ed Miliband branded it as "a downgraded Budget from a downgraded Chancellor".

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that corporation tax will be cut to 20% in April 2015.

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Advisers should consider selling their businesses within the next 18 months before prices offered by consolidators fall, according to a consultancy firm.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed three chairmen, including the chief executive of Nationwide, to lead the independent panels set up to represent its constituents' interests and provide independent views to the regulator.