Adam Posen, the external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has upped his call for more quantitative easing (QE) to £100bn and proposed a ‘public bank' for businesses struggling to find credit on the highstreet.

Seven men are facing jail after being convicted for their roles in an £8m boiler-room fraud pushing a bio-diesel investment.

BBC journalist Paul Lewis and IFA Neil Liversidge have been having an interesting conversation about trail commission over the last few days...

The definition of the word ‘secret' has been at the heart of a heated, but well-mannered, exchange between the BBC's Paul Lewis and Yorkshire-based IFA Neil Liversidge this week. The topic: Trail commission.

Aim Two Three, the support service for product providers set up by former threesixty director David Ingram, has launched a survey to find out what help advisers and principals need ahead of the retail distribution review (RDR).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to investors about a business trading under the name of a former appointed representative of network Sesame.

Perspective Financial Group, the IFA consolidator which has acquired more than 20 businesses since launch, has reported increased earnings and profits in the first half of the year, boosted by a doubling of assets under management (AUM).

Nationals round-up: The usual favourites dominated the headlines, including interest rates, weighing up cash and equities and the future of gold. There was also a look at some alternative investments, while investors were told how they can get some of...

Platform rebates were at the top of the agenda when IFAonline interviewed Skandia chief executive Peter Mann live on Twitter this afternoon.

A growing number of financial advisers believe the UK will suffer a skills shortgage within the next decade, according to a study by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).