Almary Green's Carl Lamb and Combined Financial Strategies' Jonothan McColgan were celebrating double successes at the Unbiased Media Awards 2015, which were held in London on 4 February.
Three IFAs are taking their case to the Court of Appeal in a bid to overturn a High Court ruling backing a Financial Ombudsman (FOS) decision that they should pay clients compensation for advice to invest in failed firm Keydata.
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Chase de Vere Independent Financial Advisers £560,000 for failures surrounding the sale of Keydata products.
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Advice firm Chase de Vere has sold it's self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book to provider Barnett Waddingham for an undisclosed sum.
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled national adviser Chase de Vere gave unsuitable advice when it recommended a client put most of his pension in high risk unregulated schemes just six years before he retired.
Recently launched Family Building Society has linked with Chase de Vere and Key Retirement Solutions for later life planning referrals.
Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) chief executive Mark Neale has said the service "hopes" to be able to publish a full account of what it has clawed back from firms who mis-sold Keydata products next year.