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Advisory business owners should apply the productivity ratio to staff so they can identify the best and worst performing advisers, a financial services expert has said.

Financial advice could boost retirement income by as much as £232 a month, according to a report released today.

Trade association, the IFA Centre, has taken on two new member firms.

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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has urged providers to 'step up to the mark' and buy into the increased professionalism of the financial services industry heralded by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

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The Association of Christian Financial Advisers (ACFA) has called for an end to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in its current form and a re-drafting of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market.

Wealth management group Ashcourt Rowan has appointed two chief executives to head up its financial planning and asset management divisions.

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