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A financial adviser accused of lifting clients' details from his employer's database before joining another firm is set to face a retrial next year after a verdict failed to be reached in the original case.

Provider Aegon has been accused of poaching dozens of an adviser's clients but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the provider has broken no rules despite complaints from retirees.

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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has warned it will demand compensation awards from businesses for non-financial errors if they are deemed to have failed vulnerable clients by "rigidly applying rules".

Saving levels could fall significantly if the government implements a tax change to pensions which would see them treated like ISAs, the chief executive of provider Royal London has warned.

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Almost half of advisers believe the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is unfair when adjudicating on advice cases, research suggests.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld a complaint against Sesame about unsuitable annuity advice, but refused to side with the complainant about the redress due.

Advisory group Independent Financial Solutions (IFS) has added two funds to its Sentinel range.