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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked UK financial advisers if they think the criteria they must meet to call themselves independent is out of sync with Europe-wide definitions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to raise £74.9m from financial advisers for the coming year, representing an upswing of 10.2%.

The chief executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), the parent of adviser body the Personal Finance Society (PFS), has announced he is to step down.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could be required under Europe-wide rules to force all financial advisers to record client telephone calls to prove they are acting in clients' best interests.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will net up to $3.7bn from the sale of part of its stake in US retail bank Citizens Financial Group.

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The Money Advice Service (MAS) is set to redistribute funding from its 'money advice' proposition to its 'debt advice' offering, meaning advisers' contributions to the body could be cut.

Fears the UK economy is heading for a period of deflation have increased after the inflation rate dropped to zero for the first time since records began.