The Government should review its "onerous" 82% tax on alternatively secured pensions (ASP), according to AJ Bell.

Advisers are being urged to steer clear of investment management and stick instead to building relationships with their clients.

A new team to meet advisers' professional indemnity(PI) needs has been launched by Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe), a division of Liberty Mutual Group.

Schroders is renaming its £146m US Small and Mid Cap fund to simply US Mid Cap to better reflect the vehicle's investment style.

Invesco Perpetual's head of investment Neil Woodford says defensive areas of the market remain undervalued and offer opportunities to deliver strong dividends and cash flow.

Assurant Intermediary has teamed up with All Types of Mortgages (AToM) to provide the packager with general insurance (GI) products.

Norwich Union is to replace its flexible trust options for inheritance tax (IHT) planning with new discretionary trusts.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is joining forces with compliance experts The Consulting Consortium to launch two new web-based tools to help advisers meet TCF requirements.

Mortgage Intelligence (MI) has begun offering its members access to Legal & General's (L&G) GIology system via its general insurance (GI) panel.

Schroders is renaming the Schroder US Small and Mid Cap fund to Schroder US Mid Cap fund to better reflect the way that the fund is managed.