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Thomas Miller Investment has poached Matthew Lonsdale from Psigma to give him the role of head of intermediary business development.

The Fry Group's financial planning arm has been awarded corporate Chartered status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Reducing the base rate from its current historical low of 0.5% into negative territory "remains an option" for the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), deputy governor Charles Bean has said.

Mid-market independent financial advisers could start to disappear in as little as three years' time as regulatory changes and market pressures start to bite, according to a senior figure at Openwork.

Founder of Meaningful Money, Pete Matthew, is to launch a subscription community site for advisers looking to make better use of social media and improve their online marketing.

The Law Society has launched a consumer campaign to highlight the importance of using a solicitor when fighting insurance claims.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is reviewing its decision to reject claims from investors who lost money in troubled life settlement fund ARM on the advice of now-defunct IFA Rockingham Independent.

Bromsgrove-based independent financial advice firm AFH has acquired Somerset-based IFA Shape Financial in what marks the fourteenth acquisition by the firm since its flotation.

Direct to consumer (D2C) business Willis Owen has seen a 20% fall in pre-tax profit last year -and has set aside £45,000 to deal with complaints.

Paraplanners are being invited to take part in an independent ‘powwow' forum event this autumn - with sessions hosted in teepees.