Regulation

The FSA has imposed one of its largest-ever fines on an individual for insurance fraud as part of a wider crackdown which has seen five people banned in total.

Pension adviser Rockingham Retirement has been ordered to cease all investment advising activities by the FSA.

As IFAs prepare their businesses for RDR, Maria Merricks finds out how to attract wealthy clients and hold onto them.

The transition to adviser charging is increasingly focussing advisers' attention ahead of the RDR deadline while concern over qualifications wanes, according to research from L&G.

Current VAT rules threaten to penalise clients paying in instalments and could undermine the RDR's aims, warns Skandia.

Last night's Panorama programme has caused a heated debate within the financial and legal communities over will writing.

David Worsfold says the Business Secretary's Guardian interview hints at dissent in the coalition

Advisers have been urged to check will writers they recommend to clients are members of a recognised trade body, as a Panorama investigation uncovers malpractice in the unregulated sector.

Sesame Bankhall's Jane Greenwood explains what the FSA's enhanced supervision strategy means for small adviser firms.

A certified financial planner has fired a series of parting shots at the CII after quitting the organisation over threats to discipline him for failure to submit CPD records.