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Aegon faces a complaints showdown with a widow who believed the pension provider gave her late husband unauthorised advice that lost her access to his retirement pot.

Labour will reject austerity as a means to get the economy back on track and will instead focus on taxing the rich, shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said in his Labour Party Conference speech on Monday.

Fidelity is looking for a head of retirement insight to strengthen its profile in the UK retirement market.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sent out 4,600 letters to firms asking them how much it would cost them to implement European legislation the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II).

Amyr Rocha-Lima juggles a return to the post-graduate lecture halls with advising clients

Professional Adviser Awards 2016 open for entries

Bank of England buy-to-let concerns and financial planning for the worst, here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

Adviser noticeboard: Post-it note size stuff for IFAs

Adviser network Sesame posted a loss of £10.3m in the year before it pulled the plug on its investment adviser arm - £20m less than the previous year, latest accounts show.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the regulator to cut its handbook on adviser disclosure by a third, saying too many rules lead to lengthy suitability reports that confuse consumers.