The Consulting Consortium (TCC) has launched a 'bespoke' compliance support service for small financial advice firms.

Platform Ascentric has removed the set up and transfer-in costs on its in-house self invested personal pension (SIPP) and cut its annual tax wrapper fee from £150 to £100.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has urged the regulator to re-consider reviewing the way it calculates the fees paid to it by advisers, after plans to overhaul the area were scrapped.

The government has today launched an independent review of the Money Advice Service (MAS), responding to calls from the Treasury select committee (TSC) last December.

Wealth management group and consolidator Succession has acquired two of its member IFA firms for £3m, as it seeks to reach £7bn of assets by 2017.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has warned that Labour's recently announced plans to extend auto-enrolment to lower earners would "damage businesses" while "failing to help low earners".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned a sole trader for failing to disclose information it requested about a transaction made on behalf of a client.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is failing to take all evidence into account when ruling on complaints against advisers, and is sometimes not giving reasons for its decisions, advisers have claimed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made it a priority to help advisers innovate their business models to reach the middle market, chief executive Martin Wheatley said on Thursday.

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