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Advisers have seen the number of complaints against them soar over the past year, however figures show that more than half of the cases were dropped by the ombudsman.

Bloomsbury Financial Planning partner Jason Butler on why he thinks the best boutique advisory firms will pull away from the rest and mop up the majority of the UK market within five years...

Tenet has developed an online anti-money laundering service to combat fraud, eliminate paperwork and enable advisers to process transactions more efficiently.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin is planning a £40m capital raising through a share placing, as it sees pre-tax profits almost halve in the six months to March.

The number of new complaints taken on by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) almost doubled over the past year, figures show.

Online community resource Panacea Adviser and regulatory consultancy CEI Compliance have joined forces to tackle the rapidly emerging field of social media.

Aviva has launched a platform to help advisers use Facebook and other social media to grow and re-engage their client bank.

The legal industry is set to launch a new will writing quality scheme to bridge the gap left by the government's refusal to regulate the practice.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has launched a new hub for intermediaries to gain access to insight and analysis from the firm's investment experts.

Barry O'Dwyer, deputy chief executive at Prudential UK & Europe, has been made managing director of workplace at Standard Life.