SimplyBiz has launched a scheme to help heads of advice firms meet the regulatory requirements around competence and training of their advisers.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is determined to shed its reputation as an anti-adviser body, its chief executive has said.

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An adviser who stole more than £200,000 from a client's pension has now been ordered to pay it back, plus interest, as well as serve three years in prison.

Advisers are asking more and deeper questions when probing what Zurich's platform has to offer, the insurer's head of retail platform strategy Alistair Wilson (pictured) has said.

Financial services firm Caerus Capital has swung into the red following its purchase of loss-making network Paradigm Financial Advisers, to post a pre-tax loss of £670,000

Advisers should notify their insurers early if they think they may be facing claims from advice to invest in tax avoidance schemes, a professional indemnity insurance (PII) lawyer has warned.

National IFA LEBC has attacked the Liberal Democrats' leader Nick Clegg's recently outlined future tax proposals, saying they amount to an "anti-savings agenda".

The debate about whether changes made to financial intermediation following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) would herald a shift towards 'restricted' advice may have been settled, according to the experiences of one national business.