Retirement

The Financial Reporting Council's Executive Counsel has delivered a disciplinary formal complaint in connection with the conduct of Mazars and one of its partners, Richard Karmel, in relation to their engagement to provide advice to the trustee of the...

Jelf Employee Benefits is extending its annuity offering with the launch of its standalone broking service.

Financial advisers should utilise their relationships with solicitors and accountants to drum up auto-enrolment (AE) business, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

Axa Wealth's total sales increased by 68% over the first six months of the year, while the firm saw strong growth in assets on the Elevate platform and specialist multi-manager business Architas.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Stephen Soper to replace Bill Galvin as chief executive on an interim basis.

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Lloyds Banking Group is back in the black after announcing a profit before tax of £2.1bn for the six months to the end of June - and said it is on course to target IFA clients orphaned by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Huge swathes of the population risk missing out on pension contributions because they do not qualify for auto-enrolment.