Regulation

The Financial Services and Skills Council (FSSC) is undergoing structural change to include specialist sector boards, says interim chief executive Liz Field.

HDC Training is launching a series of study sessions to help advisers prepare for Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Diploma exams.

Consolidation and business consultancy firm Succession Advisory Services has signed up East Anglia-based IFA Insight Financial Associates as a regional hub.

Close Asset Management is looking to acquire the client banks of about 40 IFA businesses over the next few years as part of an ambitious growth strategy.

Advisers worried about changes to charging are probably taking too simplistic a view of how to earn their money, says consulting expert Roderic Rennison.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC)is launching a series of consultation events on specialist investment advice exam standards.

Aviva's Financial Adviser Academy has put 5,000 advisers through its financial skills course since opening its doors in March 2008.

The FSA has banned a director of a debt-ridden insurance broker for failing to notice a co-director had been using client funds to keep the company trading.

IFAs face a race against time to get in shape for the RDR, with some firms plagued by a mindset of resistance to change, according to transitional planning firm FP Advance.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) appoints Natalie Ceeney as chief ombudsman and chief executive.