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Equity Advice LLP has launched The Later Life Academy dedicated to supporting advisers in the at-retirement market.

Skandia has extended its ‘Best Start in Life' trust to the UK platform in light of demand for the planning solution through the international business.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the regulator to adjust next year's fees for advisers to "correct the error that occurred" in the previous year.

A client who protested about commission being taken from his pension without his permission and without receiving ongoing advice in return has had his complaint rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cardiff-based IFA Penguin Wealth has launched an online retirement planning advice service aimed at lower-net-worth consumers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a prohibition order against a financial adviser currently serving prison time for six counts of fraud.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have launched enforcement investigations into failures at the Co-operative Bank which led to it receiving a rescue package of £1.5bn from its parent company.

Accredited paraplanner Claire Goodwin is set to join outsourced business The Paraplanners later this month.

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