Peter Craddock, the group operations director at Perspective Financial Group, has been appointed to the board of the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

MetLife has launched an adviser toolkit and client guide in a bid to help advisers assess their clients' capacity for loss.

A barrister who failed to pass on his VAT to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been jailed for tax fraud.

CRYSTAL BALL

Gerard Lemos, the chairman of the Money Advice Service (MAS), is to stand down at the end of September when his three-year term of office comes to an end.

Nottingham-based advisory firm Investment Sense has launched a web service that enables advisers and consumers to rate their Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) purchases.

RDR HICCUPS

The government is consulting on plans to expand the range of shares that are eligible for a stocks and shares ISA.

Regulators will establish a dedicated wealth management department within the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that will help "intensify" the regulatory focus on the sector.

The government has opened the applications process for consumer bodies representing small and medium sized (SMEs) businesses to become 'super complainants' to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).