Sinfonia Asset Management has appointed Tim Barker as head of sales.
Advisers should be allowed to take research books into examinations to replicate the resources they have on hand in the workplace, says AWD Group's Martyn Laverick.
Savers need to readdress their approach to private pensions in 2010 - a year in which the general election will shape the financial landscape, says Informed Choice.
Towergate Financial has started the New Year in expansion drive with the acquisition of fee-based IFA K B Rollitt & Company.
Upcoming changes to the minimum retirement age mean financial advice will be under extra scrutiny, IFA Almary Green warns.
Perspective Financial Group today acquired Platinum Portfolios, marking the Wilmslow-based consolidator's final acquisition in 2009.
Stephen Kavanagh has been appointed chief executive of AWD Chase de Vere with immediate effect.
"Current RDR proposals appear to support the old model of advice and penalise firms like mine."
Paradigm Partners has signed up its 300th IFA firm.
Advice firms that give most of their staff clearly-defined job roles are more profitable than those that do not, research suggests.