Most IFAs are using multiple platforms - but only a small minority think using just one provider jeopardises their independence, suggests recent research.

AIFA has launched a platforms decision-making guide as advisers' due diligence methods come under increased regulatory scrutiny. Here are the key messages...

A group of institutional shareholders is threatening to issue a joint letter demanding the resignation of Harvey McGrath as chairman of Prudential.

Britain's largest banks will present their "living wills" to the FSA next month, ahead of the G20 summit of leading industrialised nations in South Korea.

Equitable Life has called on the Government to honour the Ombudsman's recommendation to make fair payments to policyholders.

The UK leads the world in wraps and platforms, although the market still has a way to go before it is "truly established", outgoing AIFA director general Chris Cummings says.

Economic growth in the eurozone will finish higher than forecast in 2010, the European Central Bank (ECB) has said.

America's wave of new financial regulation is likely to prompt the country's biggest financial institutions to break themselves up, according to the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

The FSA today said adviser firms' approach to platform systems and controls continues to be a " particular area of concern" as AIFA launched a platforms due diligence guide for members.

The ongoing Towry transfer debacle is no closer to resolution because the wealth adviser is not completing its part of the re-registration process, platform Transact says.