The RDR is not to blame for the challenges now facing the advice sector, Skandia says, with the inspiration for change coming from advisers themselves.

Not many choose to become paraplanners after being advisers. Martin Vaughan did...

Aviva has completed the reattribution of its inherited estate, worth £1.25bn to with-profits policyholders.

Execution-only brokers have formed a new trade body in response to the under-representation of non-advised sales in the RDR.

The FTSE 100 has experienced its best ever quarter, posting the biggest three-month gains in its 25-year history.

Advisers fear they may be missing important queries from clients as emails from James Hay continue to flood their inboxes following a technical glitch that remains unfixed after five days.

UK insurers managed to shrug off the worst of the recession because of continued demand from outside the UK for their products, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) says.

Capita Financial Software has launched an updated version of its Client Care Desktop (CCD) tool to address the developing requirements of financial advisers.

Economic recovery in Britain will be slowed down by a possible credit shortfall of £180bn next year caused by the weakness of the banking sector and the state budget deficit, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned today.

The Personal Accounts scheme is a "scandal waiting to happen" and places the pensions industry at risk of giving bad advice, Trevor Matthews says.