Advisers are less interested in developing online advice solutions for their clients than they were six months ago, research suggests.
Platforms are stepping up their white-label investment offerings to advisory firms as an increasing number of orphaned clients presents a growing challenge in the run-up to the 2016 legacy commission ban.
All seven product providers featured on Sesame's ‘focussed' restricted advice panel have denied breaching the regulator's rules on inducements, after the network was fined £1.6m for selling the coveted spots to the highest bidders.
Annuities sales at Aviva were down 33% in the first nine months of the year however its UK life operation returned to growth in the third quarter, interim results show.
Provider Aviva has launched its third in a series of books aimed at helping advisers connect with their clients.
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John McFarlane, the chairman of insurer Aviva, has left the business to become chairman of banking group Barclays.
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