Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) technical specialist Rory Percival has praised paraplanners for seeking to build a profession, but said the role should - and would - not be regulated.
Advisers are calling on regulators to introduce rules restricting the contact product providers can have with their clients.
Listed advice business Jelf Group has been bought out by insurance firm Marsh in a £258m deal.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said the 150 claims it is investigating against poor advice to invest in apparently tax efficient schemes relate to business written in the decade from 2000.
Three advisers on what would prompt a platform switch
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun processing about 150 individual claims related to advice to invest in tax 'mitigation' schemes after being given the green light by lawyers.
Woodford Investment Management has made six new appointments, including for three investment-focused roles.
Advisers should 'stop carping' about FSCS levy bills
Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his Autumn Statement alongside the government's spending review on 25 November.