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Auto-enrolment: Escalating fines start to bite

Advisers and principals are being invited to nominate a paraplanner for a new set of awards launched by Panacea Adviser.

The opening up of the retirement income market will drive the emergence of more adviser-provider partnerships, according to Foster Denovo.

Standard Life has become the latest provider to face adviser criticism as some life companies seemingly struggle to deal with pensions changes they claimed they were prepared for.

How to immunise against fund managers' charms

Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) chief executive Paul Feeney has declared the government's unprecedented retirement reforms are a "shot of adrenaline" for the financial services industry, as the group lauded the positive impact of adviser network Intrinsic on...

Chartered financial planning firm and consolidator Attivo has acquired the client banks of a further four IFA businesses, taking the total to five in 2015 and putting the business on target for 12 by year end.

Financial advisers on average earned £80,000 in 2014 according to data from a consultancy firm, a 28% jump on the year before, with salaries rising to attract the best talent.

Advisers should follow a simple three-step process when dealing with 'insistent' clients which will put them in a strong position should any future problems arise, Rory Percival has said.

The potential for savers taking free financial guidance to mistake it for advice is real and threatens everything advisers "have worked hard for", a financial planner argued in a panel debate on the government's Pension Wise service.