Regulation

A compliance officer has received a partial prohibition from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to prevent unregulated collective investment scheme (UCIS) mis-selling by one of his firm's directors.

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THE PROFESSIONALS

Private client manager James Hambro & Partners is to merge with rival Calkin Pattinson to create a combined group with £1bn in assets under management, advice and administration.

National IFA AWD Chase de Vere is to open an office in Chester.

Photos of HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC's) 'most wanted' tax evaders have been posted online to prompt the public to report them.

Yesterday's statement from MacRobins has raised the stakes in the stand off between itself and the ex-Honister providers. But how far is either party prepared to go in the fight to determine trail-commission ownership?

The Money Advice Service (MAS) referred just 0.2% of its 1.3 million users to regulated financial advice last year, it has been revealed.