Networks/Clubs
FCA to review advice and mortgage panel deals in new market study
Regulator has concerns about competition in sector
Mortgage Advice Bureau takes £350k stake in conveyancing business Sort
Listed mortgage adviser network the Mortgage Advice Bureau has bought a 23% stake in online conveyancing firm Sort to enhance its distribution channels.
Sesame Bankhall shakes up board after strategic review
Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has reconfigured its management team following a strategic review that led to the demise of its investment advice network earlier in the year.
Tenet allows members to self-approve drawdown advice
Adviser network Tenet is offering its members licences to self-approve drawdown advice in a bid to speed up its processes ahead of the incoming pension reforms.
Financial services firms team with property surveyors
Two financial services firms have teamed up with property surveyors to fuel their growth strategies and benefit from new revenue streams in the UK housing market.
Personal Touch supports launch of AssuranceKeeper
Mortgage adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has supported the launch of eKeeper's life assurance quotes service AssuranceKeeper.
Openwork launches seven funds as platforms' AUM hits £1.2bn
The investment arm of restricted network Openwork has launched seven new funds which the business hopes will attract £150m worth of inflows in the first year.
Sesame Bankhall MD exits in major reshuffle
Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) managing director Nick Kelly has left the business in a major reshuffle.
Greenwood made executive chairman in Tenet board reshuffle
Tenet Group has made a number of changes to its board, with current chairman Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts leaving and Martin Greenwood taking up the position of executive chairman.
Tenet boss lays into rivals
Martin Greenwood, the interim CEO of Tenet Group, has hit out at the company's rivals for behind-the-scenes criticism of the network.
Openwork unveils protection app
Openwork has produced a protection quote application for Apple mobile devices.
Higginson: Sort out industry representation...or else
Sesame Bankhall Group chief executive George Higginson has warned the advisory community it risks having further unwanted reforms thrust upon it if it does not better represent itself.
Sesame to roll out restricted proposition next year
Sesame will make a restricted proposition available to members from the middle of next year, built around its own platform and newly-created investment management arm.
Sesame Bankhall Group promotes George Higginson to CEO
Sesame Bankhall Group has promoted George Higginson from chief operating officer to chief executive officer, subject to approval by the Financial Services Authority.
Openwork embarks on protection, GI and mortgage road shows
Openwork is hosting a series of protection, general insurance and mortgage road shows across the UK.
Openwork blames losses on Caerus and RDR
Openwork recorded a pre-tax loss of £8.5m in 2010, on top of a £5.6m loss during the previous year.
Paradigm kicks off protection revamp with Bupa addition
Paradigm has kicked off a revamp of its protection offering by adding Bupa Individual Protection's proposition to its Elite protection panel.
Protection 'pivotal' to adviser success - Sesame Bankhall
Protection products will be ‘pivotal' to adviser firms' future prosperity, according to Sesame Bankhall.
L&G names Standard's Geoff Towers as IFA sales director
Former Standard Life savings chief executive Geoff Towers will join Legal & General (L&G) as head of IFA sales for savings.
Tenet bailing-out adviser firms abandoned by banks
Tenet is stepping in to bail-out adviser firms that have been let down by "unsympathetic or unwilling" banks.
Openwork launches road shows to preview future
Openwork is set to unveil changes and enhancements to its provider proposition in a series of nationwide adviser road shows.
Mint says CEO Gaines will not return
Mint Financial Services CEO, Paul Gaines, is to leave the firm next year.
Fortis expands onto Sesame network
Fortis Life UK has launched a new partnership with adviser network Sesame.
Adviser petitions Downing Street on dual-pricing
Clive Norman, an independent mortgage adviser at Sovereign Financial Planning in Eastbourne, is calling for the industry to support a petition posted on the No 10 Downing Street website demanding the Government intervenes to outlaw dual-pricing.
