Mortgage adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has supported the launch of eKeeper's life assurance quotes service AssuranceKeeper.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has warned advisers to keep a "record of activity with any clients they have with Aegon" after it emerged the Dutch provider had contacted clients to switch-off trail commission.

Provider Scottish Widows has confirmed it will be re-entering the IFA market with protection products next year.

Online support service Panacea Adviser has launched a guide to help firms plan their strategies around the switch-off of trail commission.

The financial services regulator has apologised to an adviser who claims an employee swore at him during a telephone conversation.

A fraudster who reaped £1.6m in VAT from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by pretending to be a number of dead Hollywood film producers, has been jailed for more than three years.

A financial adviser has been permitted to include a complaints time bar in his client terms of business contracts, after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) conceded to his case.

The chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said he wants firms presenting their case to the ombudsman to "recount a story", not present graphs and numbers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering changing the way it charges firms, including financial advisers, that want regulatory authorisation.

Financial advisers are acting as a "barrier" between clients and social investment opportunities due to perceived greater regulatory risk, according to research.