Financial services group LEBC is to create a dedicated mortgage advice team in light of the implementation of new rules following the Mortgage Market Review (MMR).

Adviser numbers are down and firms' profits after tax, despite a temporary recovery last year, are lower than the two previous years, according to research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

Smaller advisory firms have found it easier to implement changes introduced following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and stand to be the real winners from the overhaul, according to consultant and adviser Phil Billingham.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) have issued joint guidance for advisers and insurers on complying with new tax information requirements.

One in seven people planning to retire this year has made no personal pension provision, meaning they will retire mainly or entirely reliant on the state, research by insurer Prudential suggests.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) have said they are disappointed by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) findings suggesting advisory firms, wealth managers and private banks are failing to disclose their fees...

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Platform True Potential Investments has hired former BlackRock compliance officer Sheriden Davy and ex Scottish Widows Investment Partnership equity investment manager Colin Beveridge to support its future growth plans.

Network Paradigm Financial Advisers made a loss of more than £223,000 before it was sold to Caerus Capital Group, annual accounts of Paradigm Partners reveal.

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