Pensions provider Royal London has posted a strong growth in sales through advisers following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), with its platform new business sales up a record 39% on last year, the firm's interim results have revealed today.

Societe Generale has launched a new series of investment products available exclusively to IFAs in the UK.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has so far compensated 1,700 claimants with a total of £32m in relation to the failed CF Arch Cru funds.

Yellowtail Financial Planning managing director Dennis Hall is to publish his first book, a guide for widows on how to deal with their finances, at the end of October.

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich)has appointed Kristof Terryn as CEO of its global life business with immediate effect.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and imposed fines of £28,000 each on two individuals for failings related to the sales of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to some 800 investors.

Insurer Zurich UK has pledged to continue to support advisers and says it has no existing plans to build a direct-to-consumer (D2C) offering, as the company announced mixed results for the first half of the year.

Personal Finance Society (PFS) CEO Keith Richards has praised advisers for showing strength and resilience in the wake of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), after Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) figures suggested intermediaries are re-entering the...

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged four men, including an independent financial adviser (IFA), with fraud in connection with the promotion of biofuel investment products through SIPPs to UK investors.