The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates at the historic low of 0.5% for the 33rd straight month, and held fire on additional quantitative easing measures after pumping an extra £75bn into the facility last month.

The FSA is consulting with the industry on whether to include the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Pensions Management Institute as accredited bodies.

Wealth manager Bestinvest has launched an investment advisory and discretionary managed portfolio service which it says will drive down the price of advice for customers.

Structured products are again in the regulatory firing line but this time it is providers - rather than IFAs - which are in the FSA's sights.

An apparent mis-type in the FSA's latest policy statement outlining how advisers should in the future fill in their RMAR forms sent some scurrying to their accountants for clarification this week.

The Cautious Managed sector accounted for more than half of total sales on Cofunds in October in its best-ever monthly showing as advisers continue to favour outsourcing solutions.

Nick Bamford, executive director at Informed Choice, has made a short video outlining five mistakes he believes his company made as it prepared for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

The FSA today published its new data reporting rules for Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) forms. Here is IFAonline's breakdown of the changes you need to know.

IFAs favour Nucleus and Standard Life as their main platforms of choice, research from the Platforum suggests.

Capita Financial Software has launched the latest version of its Synaptic Comparator service which enables advisers to compare on and off platform options.