A new buyer in town seeks a slice of the advice pie

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Yvonne Braun to head up the trade body's long term savings policy, which will include how the industry deals with the incoming pension reforms.

National advice firm Succession has bought Reading-based adviser Finch Financial Services for £3m, marking the completion of its 12th acquisition.

Retired Premier League players are among more than 100 footballers who face financial ruin as a result of demands from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for what it has said is unpaid tax, but the sports stars said the fault lies with their advisers.

With markets like these, what's an investment adviser to do?

Advice to invest in a troubled unregulated overseas property scheme has helped push 24 firms over into failure, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said.

Small firms rejected for a loan by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will be offered alternatives by a pair of peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders, as part of a tie-up to improve access to corporate lending.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will look to take even earlier pre-emptive action against what it believes is bad practice in a bid to counter accusations from the industry that it unfairly employs retrospective regulation.

Investors in a beleaguered overseas property scheme have been told there is no prospect of them receiving compensation until a fraud investigation into the investment has been concluded.

Architas and technology firm BirthStar have launched seven retail funds that follow an age-based strategy more commonly associated with default auto-enrolment (AE) pension funds.