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Lighthouse Group has renewed a number of contracts with trade or professional bodies to be their preferred provider of financial advice.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to update its rules for retail clients advised to buy offshore life insurance bonds, affording them greater protection.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to add an undergraduate degree in financial planning to its list of approved qualifications.

IFA consolidator AFH Financial is set to purchase more than 160,000 shares from the firm's former chief investment officer, who recently left the business.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) is to announce its decision on whether or not to merge with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) on Monday 7 September, following a four-week consultation with members.

The City regulators will launch a new Financial Services Register to make it easier to find information on those they regulate - including scam firms for the first time.

Adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services has written to members informing them of a planned fee increase after suffering what it called "indiscriminate" increases to its regulatory costs.

National advice firm Lighthouse Group has entered an 'affinity' contract with the Association Of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), gaining it access to 170,000 prospective new clients.