Merchant House has said the "complex" process of re-authorising advisers following its acquisition of IFA group Clarkson Hill in 2010 was a big contributor to group losses of £5.6m last year.

The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) has named Barry Horner as its board chairman of the FPSB council for 2014.

The past 12 months have been "particularly challenging" for RSM Tenon's financial management arm, according to the chief executive Chris Merry.

Square One Financial Planning has developed a service to advise clients on their options around long-term care funding.

The maximum amount savers can put in an Isa is expected to rise to about £11,532 from next April, following rises in the cost of living, according to reports.

Positive Solutions has made two new appointments to its board of directors in the latest of a series of moves at the company.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should establish "clear and measurable" objectives to make it more accountable, the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has said.

Keith Carby's Caerus Capital has bought Paradigm Financial Advisers (PFA) from the Paradigm Group.

Honister Capital's administrator Grant Thornton has released details of a shortfall in assets available to the collapsed company's creditors.

Advisers "should be proud" of their efforts to be compliant with changes set to be introduced at the end of the year following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), LV='s Steve Lewis says.