Adviser support group Tenet is holding three investment master classes to help advisers understand alternative products such as venture capital trusts (VCTs) and enterprise investment schemes (EIS).

Lighthouse Financial Advice (LFA), the national arm of the Lighthouse Group, has set out plans to recruit some 180 advisers over the next 18 months.

National wealth management firm Attivo group has acquired Northwood-based IFA Anthony Etkind & Co, supporting its drive to double in size by 2017.

The industry has yet to develop profitable simplified advice models because it is waiting on clearer guidance and direction from the regulator, Lighthouse group chief executive Malcolm Streatfield has said.

Royal London Group chief executive Phil Loney has called on the industry and regulator to come up with a "new form of advice" to service those at point of retirement and meet the challenge set by the Chancellor.

Support services firm SimplyBiz Group has launched The Consumer Credit Centre (CCC) to support firms affected by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) take-over of consumer credit regulation.

Treasury select committee chairman Andrew Tyrie has criticised the regulator's review of the annuities market, saying it was headline grabbing and had "taken us very little further forward" in terms of giving insight into the problems of the market.

The financial industry needs "clear signals" on how to prepare for the Chancellor's 'right to advice' promise or face struggling under a sudden influx of retirement advice clients, Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) director general...

The Chancellor's 'right to advice' for pensioners at the point of retirement will be a right to 'free impartial guidance', not regulated advice, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed.

Industry campaigners have welcomed confirmation the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on the re-introduction of a 15-year time limit on complaints against advisers reaching the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).