adviser firms

Around two thirds of insurance brokers have highlighted price comparison sites as their greatest challenge, according to a new survey.

The international network of financial advisers known as the VFS Group has appointed Andre le Roux and Andrew Pletzer to VFS Holdings Limited, which incorporates VFS International Limited and VFS Europe Sàrl.

Ashcourt Rowan has appointed former Parmenion sales director Paul Miles as director of intermediary services.

Over half (57%) of IFAs will target protection sales as a source of new revenue post Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Aviva has found.

Helen Morrissey asks what needs to be done to simplify the care system.

Helen Morrissey looks at the issues people face when it comes to long-term care and asks what can be done to make sure people get the advice they need

Sanlam Private Wealth, the newly rebranded Buckles Investment Services, plans to ramp up its graduate recruitment drive to boost its adviser numbers to over 200.

Sanlam UK is rebranding several of its subsidiaries, including Welsh IFA Buckles, as well as launching a simplified wrap aimed at the discretionary fund management space.

A third of IFA firms are making an "unsustainable" loss because they are reluctant to pass on ever-increasing costs to customers, research by Plimsoll suggests.

Rotherham-based Mortgage Talk has entered an agreement with adviser firm Robert Sterling to buy up its mortgage advice arm, giving the firm its first London-based advisers.