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Friends Life has reported a "disappointing" £19m loss for Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) in 2013.

Wealth management group Succession is launching a ‘lite' version of its platform for clients with less than £50,000 of investable assets.

Clive Cowdery, founder of The Resolution Group, and John Tiner, its CEO, have announced they will not stand for re-election as non-executive directors of the group at May's annual general meeting.

London-based IFA Westminster Wealth Management has embarked on a joint venture with business mentoring service ActionCOACH, gaining access to the company's 1,000 plus entrepreneurial clients.

Product providers should send their at-retirement customers a list of advisers to help them make better decisions about using their savings, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has suggested.

Yorkshire Bank has agreed a redress scheme with some investors in failed investment Arck.

Bellpenny, the national wealth manager and IFA acquirer, has acquired Essex-based Personal & Corporate Financial Solutions (PCFS).

A US regulator has sued 16 banks for allegedly manipulating the London interbank offered rate (Libor).

Support services group True Potential has appointed Laurie Edmans, a Money Advice Service (MAS) non-executive director and former board member of the Pensions Regulator, as non-executive director.

Advisers are responding to the regulator's focus on advice bias caused by remuneration packages by adapting their business models, LEBC research and compliance director Peter Shelton has said.