IFAs are not responsible for misjudging the risk to depositors placing money in collapsed bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man (KSFIOM), according to the Association of IFAs (AIFA).

1st-The Exchange has completed an exclusive integration of its Adviser Office system with Nucleus Financial Group to provide a valuations link with the Nucleus wrap platform.

The FSA could begin regulating the controversial sale and rent back industry as soon as July this year, a consultation paper has revealed.

Ashley Law is to join the Intrinsic Financial Services Group in a joint expansion plan.

Online diploma exams are a 'logical step' according to Wizard Learning, which has just completed its roll-out of practice exams for advisers taking the CII Diploma in Financial Planning.

Three in four IFAs expect consumer interest in equity release to climb in the next three months as retirement funds dwindle and savings are stretched, a report suggests.

The CII has granted Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's (SWIP's) Intelligence Centre CPD accreditation.

Just Retirement saw sales slump 8.6% during the second half of 2008 as the firm chose to focus on profitability over new business.

Royal London saw group life and pensions sales climb 17% during 2008, with 90% of individual new business coming from advisers charging agreed fees.

Fears continue to mount good advisers could be forced out of the industry unnecessarily as a result of new standards proposed in the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Sesame research suggests.