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Tilney Bestinvest paraplanner Kerry Vilchez has been named Paraplanner Personality of the Year at the inaugural Virtual Paraplanner Awards run by Panacea Adviser.

An adviser has started a petition to Parliament calling for a vote of no confidence in the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and for it to be brought under the remit of common law.

A small IFA firm has used its love of social media to create an automated financial advice service for those priced out and cut-off from traditional advice.

St James's Place (SJP) has agreed a deal to acquire stockbroker and discretionary investment manager Rowan Dartington Holdings in a deal worth up to £34m.

Communicate smarter not harder

Professional Adviser is pleased to announce the finalists for the 16th International Fund and Product Awards.

Why advisers have to get under the skin of modelling tools

Network True Potential advisers have spoken of how they lost thousands of pounds to a former IFA banned for mortgage fraud, who promised them leads to high-net-worth clients that were never delivered.

Acquisition outfit Bellpenny has completed its 30th deal to date with the purchase of Croydon-based Trustee Asset Management (TAM).

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