The Platforum has recruited Emma Napier to the newly created role of head of adviser relations.

The FSA has confirmed the establishment a new consumer redress coordination committee made up of the FSA, OFT and the ombudsman service.

A third of IFA firms are making an "unsustainable" loss because they are reluctant to pass on ever-increasing costs to customers, research by Plimsoll suggests.

Britain's financial services companies are bottom of the league when it comes to customer service, according to a survey published this morning.

Taxes will be increased on expensive houses, allowing the government to fulfil its longer-term promise to scrap the 50p top income tax rate, Nick Clegg has said.

Former Cofunds CEO Brett Williams says he is eyeing a move back into the industry, but may not necessarily re-enter the platform fold.

AXA Wealth International has launched a range of tax intelligence documents for IFAs with clients looking to retire abroad.

UK retail sales slipped 0.8% in February compared to the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Informed Choice managing director Martin Bamford says the Chancellor's announcement of a three-year freeze on new regulations for small businesses could derail the RDR.

The Chancellor has scrapped next week's planned rise in fuel duty as part of a package of sweeteners to help "hard-up" families.