The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made a number of "extensive and detailed" changes to its client money rules which it hopes will improve the protection of client assets.

A growing number of IFAs are approaching network Best Practice saying they are being asked by other networks to adopt particular solutions when dealing with complex problems, technology director Keith Hare has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has come under fire from an adviser who believes it is failing in its duty to "expose wrong-doing and enforce 'best practice'".

More advisers are worried about their clients incurring lifetime allowance (LTA) tax charges, according to retirement wealth platform James Hay Partnership, which saw queries around the upper contribution limit spike in the last quarter.

The smallest advice firms face the largest proportion of regulatory costs, with some paying up to 20% of their income, research commissioned by the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.

Advisers of the post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) era need their discretionary fund managers (DFM) to be "highly flexible" in agreeing investment mandates, so they can meet clients' needs, research has concluded.

Prudential has invested £4.1m in developing a four year apprenticeship programme aimed at helping young people get their foot on the financial services career ladder.

Discretionary fund manager Wellian Investment Solutions has launched a 'hybrid' investment option which, it hopes, will attract a "growing niche" of investors that are not fully suited to bespoke options.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned of a scam operation pretending to be Devon-based advice firm Investment & Financial Solutions Partnership.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a guide to how it will measure advisers' disclosure efforts against its expectations, after it detected "unacceptable" shortcomings in its latest post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) work.