The FSA today said individuals making personal recommendations to retail clients via a simplified advice process must be qualified to the same minimum standard as those providing full advice.
Historical success convincing consumers that advice is free could push many advisers out of the industry post-RDR, according to a Barclays director.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has publicly censured Cattles and its subsidiary Welcome Financial Services for publishing misleading information to investors about the credit quality of the latter's loan book.
Former Honister Capital strategy director Alan Easter has founded a financial planning and fund management businesses.
The number of complaints related to advising, selling and arranging rocketed from 647,000 in the first half of last year to almost 1.1 million in the second half, according to figures released by the FSA today.