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Old Mutual Wealth's (OMW) decision to launch a national advice firm has raised the spectre that the fund giant will leverage the mass of data it holds on its investors to poach clients from other advisers.

The Pension Ombudsman Service (POS) has dismissed a complaint against self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Berkley Burke, ruling it was not the firm's responsibility to carry out detailed due diligence on unregulated investments.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is concerned providers' projections of what pension savers can expect to receive in retirement if they buy certain products are too high, and it wants to standardise the process.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to completely exclude pension wealth from high net worth investor (HNWI) calculations in order to prevent retirees losing their nest egg in high risk sophisticated investments.

Hargreaves Lansdown is to drop the independent status of its financial advisers in favour of going restricted, and is overhauling its charging structure.

The board of the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has voted to approve the merger with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) for completion by 1 November 2015, as two of the IFP's leading lights step back from the body.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined independent advice firm John Joseph Financial Services (JJFS) £20,000 for failings relating to the sale of Keydata products.

Prudential has topped the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) list of the most complained about pension firms, as the number of grievances raised about retirement products jumps 20%.