The number of non doms has fallen by almost 16,000 following a levy imposed on offshore earnings - the first decline in half a decade.

Nucleus CEO David Ferguson has played down suggestions the launch of a new SIPP with Fair Investment marks an assault on the B2C market.

Skandia UK's gross sales broke the £6bn mark during 2010 as its platform helped drive its overall share of the market to a record high.

Serenity Financial planning has become the latest firm to sign up to Nucleus as the IFA-owned wrap looks to substantially grow its number of member firms this year.

Technology consultancy AT8 assesses what last week's FSA warning on investment selection means for you.

Cofunds is doubling the size of its platform consultancy team from eight to 15 people.

Numbers employed in the financial services sector fell at the fastest pace for 17 years in the three months to December, according to the latest CBI/PwC survey.

Ashcourt Rowan parent Syndicate Asset Management(SAM) has sold its Guernsey-based investment management company to Hume Capital for approximately £1.8m.

Risk-profiling tools are imperfect models which threaten to turn the art of investing into an imprecise science and should only be used as a guideline, says Ian Lowes.

The FSA says adviser firms' over reliance on risk profiling and asset allocation tools could lead to serious customer detriment and warns it will take tough action on companies failing in this area.