Regulation

Almost half of advisers believe the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is unfair when adjudicating on advice cases, research suggests.

'Value is remembered long after price is forgotten'

Why SSAS administrators must be fit, proper and prudent

A new survey has suggested the real reasons just one in five of the over-55s - and just 13% of men - are willing to pay for financial advice.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld a complaint against Sesame about unsuitable annuity advice, but refused to side with the complainant about the redress due.

Suspended, illiquid and distressed investments

Former pensions minister Steve Webb has joined Royal London as director of policy and external communications.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has lost almost 60% of its network's member firms in the wake of a decision to kill-off its problem-laden investment advice business.

The Pensions Ombudsman has thrown out a claim against Hargreaves Lansdown over a delay in death benefits payments, saying the firm acted in a way that was "justified" and "not unreasonable".

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has denied an IFA's claim a client who invested her pension into Harlequin property "would have found an alternative adviser if they had not acted".