IFA network PI Financial is in the spotlight again over the mis-selling of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), two months after being hit with a £58,000 fine by the regulator for giving unsuitable UCIS advice.

An administrator working at a financial planning firm in Oxford has published his first novel, a love story set during the Napoleonic wars.

An award winning advice firm has decided to stop using the label ‘IFA' in favour of referring to itself exclusively as chartered financial planners.

A group of MPs are planning to set up an All Party Parliamentary Group to help British investors who are facing legal action by a Cyprus bank.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England (BoE) plan to deal with complaints in the 'twin peaks model' in largely the same way as under the current Financial Services Authority's (FSA) process....

The chairman designate of the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said talking to regulated businesses will be a key part of his role at the regulator, and sales incentives are at the top of his agenda.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled Intrinsic Independent Limited must repay about £86,000 to a client it gave unsuitable advice to invest his self-invested personal pension (SIPP) into an offshore property unregulated collective investment...

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Last year's promised changes to regulation - which have long been going on in the background - gripped financial services publicly.

IFAs who recommended Arch Cru - and now may face demands for compensation - are being advised to contact their professional indemnity (PI) insurer to ask them to contribute to the Capita redress scheme, as a cheaper way to deal with claims.