January to March is the traditional EIS and VCT fundraising ‘season'. Matthew Brow, partner at RAM Capital Partners which markets the investments, gives a rundown of the New Year benefits on offer.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined discretionary fund managers McInroy & Wood Limited (MWL) £15,050 for breaching the regulator's client money rules.

Independent advisers who deal compliantly in complex products such as unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) should charge a premium for the service from 2013, Threesixty's Tony Bray has said.

Advisers have been warned to be "very careful" when recommending stamp duty land tax avoidance (SDLT) schemes as some unscrupulous vendors downplay the risks of an HMRC investigation into the activity.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is heavily scrutinising client engagement letters for evidence of tax evasion, a leading tax lawyer has warned advisers.

Five years ago, Andrew*, a company director at an IFA business, witnessed wrongdoing in his industry and wanted to stop it. But when he tried, the reaction he received from life companies and the FSA shocked him...

Estimates of the number of advisers set to leave the industry due to RDR have been two-a-penny in recent years. But the FSA's latest figures have raised a few eyebrows...

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed rules to bring the protection of policyholders with unit-linked and index-linked life insurance products in line with new European legislation.

The Financial Ombudsman has defended its hiring and training process after a 25-year-old law graduate with no financial services experience was found to have become an adjudicator after just a month's training.

The planned investor-led judicial review into an Arch Cru compensation package will run separately to an action backed by IFAs, after concerns the adviser group has a conflict of interest with investors and insufficient funds to fight the case.