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Advisers' contribution to funding government retirement guidance service Pension Wise should be reduced because they are not benefitting from its existence as much as anticipated, according to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA)....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined a financial adviser for making unsuitable recommendations of high-risk and often unregulated investments.

Hargreaves Lansdown has attacked the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy system as "placing an unfair burden on reputable and blameless firms" as the group anticipates a £4.6m bill.

An IFA based in Plymouth has hired a head of advisory services from industry giant Fidelity.

A new association for directly authorised advisers said it hopes to bridge the advice gap by introducing a type of service for which commission-like payment will be possible.

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More than 600 adviser firms have been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in the last five years - an average of almost 130 each year - as the impact of a number of high-profile investment failures continues to take...

Financial regulators in the US are warning investors and advisers to beware the limitations of automated investment tools.

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