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Regulation
Nearly three quarters of firms are still failing to show clients the true cost of advice, the regulator has found in what it calls a "wake-up call" for the industry which has already put two firms at risk of enforcement action.
07 April 2014
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Adviser support group Tenet is holding three investment master classes to help advisers understand alternative products such as venture capital trusts (VCTs) and enterprise investment schemes (EIS).
04 April 2014
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Lighthouse Financial Advice (LFA), the national arm of the Lighthouse Group, has set out plans to recruit some 180 advisers over the next 18 months.
04 April 2014
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Adviser consolidator and discretionary wealth manager AFH Financial has raised more than £1.6m via a share subscription which it says it will use to finance future acquisitions.
04 April 2014
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National wealth management firm Attivo group has acquired Northwood-based IFA Anthony Etkind & Co, supporting its drive to double in size by 2017.
03 April 2014
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Regulation
The industry has yet to develop profitable simplified advice models because it is waiting on clearer guidance and direction from the regulator, Lighthouse group chief executive Malcolm Streatfield has said.
03 April 2014
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