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Sanlam Private Wealth has hired Distribution Technology's Rob McDonnell as head of business development.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) technical specialist Rory Percival has re-issued a call to financial advisers to offer up evidence of discrepancies between how the regulator and ombudsman view liability - and said he had even taken to looking at adjudications...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted shortcomings in the way some advisers have handled 'insistent' clients in the past, as examples of what today's advisers should steer clear of.

There were more than 750 reported cases of pension liberation fraud last year, an increase on the previous 12 months, according to the latest figures.

Professional Adviser's bitesize guide to developments advisers should know about (but which didn't quite merit their own headline)...

Financial advisers are renewing calls for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make better use of the 'exceptionally severe' fines it levies on the industry, including by using them to cut regulatory costs.

Back-office systems: Innovate before it's too late

Most advisers are confident their business will be prepared for the upcoming switch-off of fund-based trail commission, according to a poll which contradicts other research conducted on firms' readiness.

National IFA LEBC has opened an office in Kent staffed by three advisers who moved to the firm from rival Origen Financial Services.

Can flexible working 'work' for advisers?