Bromsgrove-based adviser AFH Financial Group has bought two IFA firms to make it up to 12 acquisitions this year.

A Bath-based financial adviser is accused of murdering his 28-year-old girlfriend with an electrical cable.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must adopt greater transparency and a more market oriented approach to regulation, the Association for Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

After a lot of wasted time talking about exams and regulation there is finally an "acceptance of reality" by advisers regarding the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Nick Cann has said.

South-east based advisory firm, Foster Denovo, is in talks to recruit 100 advisers following an announcement in October that it plans to grow its staff by 50%.

Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has joined Barclays.

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Retail Distribution Review (RDR) requirements have made paperwork correspondence "too long, confusing and not very intuitive", said one IFA.

Three men have been arrested under suspicion of the manipulation of LIBOR.

Standard Life has updated its Retail Distribution Review (RDR) offering with the addition of adviser charging on Standard Life Retail International Bond and annuities.