Regulation

A persistent lack of awareness among consumers around spotting pension scams and finding financial advice has raised concerns about whether consumer education campaigns are working.

Positive Solutions has reappeared in the Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS) list of the top five most complained about advice firms.

Should advisers include 'cost of regulation' in fees breakdown?

Are providers cutting advisers out of the group personal pension process to pocket the difference in charges? And is there anything wrong with that?

Closed book consolidator Phoenix Group has appointed a new chairman to succeed former Financial Services Authority chairman Sir Howard Davies.

Should RDR II resurrect the Man from the Pru?

A financial adviser accused of lifting clients' details from his employer's database before joining another firm is set to face a retrial next year after a verdict failed to be reached in the original case.

Provider Aegon has been accused of poaching dozens of an adviser's clients but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the provider has broken no rules despite complaints from retirees.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has warned it will demand compensation awards from businesses for non-financial errors if they are deemed to have failed vulnerable clients by "rigidly applying rules".

Saving levels could fall significantly if the government implements a tax change to pensions which would see them treated like ISAs, the chief executive of provider Royal London has warned.