AXA Wealth specialist products managing director Nick Elphick on the need for financial advisers and providers alike to be more innovative in creating products and services to provide solutions for those at and in retirement.

Royal London has appointed a new head of intermediary business and chief financial officer in a management reshuffle.

Some advisers are taking a stand against the old saying that the customer is always right - and are making a case for firmly telling the client ‘no'.

St James's Place's (SJP) distribution business tumbled into the red last year, which the firm said was due to the cost of hiring more advisers, and a £5.5m Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy.

The Ministry of Justice increased pressure on the claims management sector last year resulting in the removal of more than 200 licences from firms flouting the rules.

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Legal & General (L&G) has set up a small team focused on providing tax solutions to high-net worth (HNW) clients of discretionary fund managers (DFMs) and the advisers who use them.

The UK's economic recovery is "not yet secure", Chancellor George Osborne has warned, ahead of next month's Budget.

Aegon's UK business has reported a £5m fall in earnings before tax for the final quarter of last year, which it said is the result of a £7m spend on technology including on a non-advised platform.

The number of authorised firms is lower than it was in December 2012, but has risen since hitting a post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) floor last April, according to figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).