The True Potential group has reported its net profit for last year was up 47% as it benefited from a drastic increase in adviser numbers.

More than one in ten retiring Brits spend less than an hour sorting out their financial future, research suggests.

The Bank of England governor will enter the Scottish independence debate by reflecting on the currency implications of a "Yes" vote in the referendum.

Barclays plans to close a quarter of its branches in the UK and cut hundreds of jobs in its investment banking division as part of a restructuring.

Sesame advisers will no longer be able to recommend non-mainstream investment products under the firm's new restricted proposition, managing director Stephen Gazard has said.

A private equity firm has bought a majority stake in national financial advisory business Succession.

Advisers have to probe clients with both ‘positive' and ‘negative' questions to meet the regulator's expectations about assessing attitude to risk, according to Zurich strategic partner specialist Andy Woollon.

The West Bromwich building society is partnering with Towergate Financial to provide customers with independent financial planning and advice services in branch.

There exists a "nervousness" in the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market which could force more IFAs to offer restricted advice, according to Prudential distribution change director Russell Warwick.

F&C multi-managers Gary Potter and Rob Burdett give their predictions on what's hot and what's not in the investment space this year, based on their mantra that the only thing that determines how successful an investor you are is the price you pay for...