Boiler rooms, bogus wine investments and land banking scams have all hit the headlines this year, but who are the people behind them?

The vast majority of your clients will value your advice and recommendations, but a few always think they know better. Rahul Odedra asks advisers how they cope with the know-it-alls...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has suggested European proposals on banning commission for financial advisers may yet have an impact on RDR.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost doubled its projections for public sector workforce reductions as a result of spending cuts in today's Autumn Statement.

The IFA community and other observers were quick to react to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on Twitter. Here are some of the best tweets.

LIVE FROM 12.30pm: Keep up to date with all the key points coming out of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement as they happen.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has accepted UK economic growth will be flat over the next six months and has given a stark warning about potential shocks from the eurozone.

The OECD has warned the UK is teetering on the edge of a double-dip recession, and has called for further of quantitative easing to support the economy.

Risk profiling, getting the right balance with pension funds and investing in America were all over the nationals at the weekend. Here's what your clients will be calling you about this week.

New figures suggest the bigger your business, the less profitable it is likely to be. But why? And how big (or small) should a firm be to maximise profits? Rahul Odedra investigates…