Defaqto

Banks are increasingly targeting their current account customers with special deals on other products including mortgages, according to Defaqto.

Financial advisers are the most trusted source of retirement advice, according to Defaqto, just beating friends and family for the third year running.

IFAs are losing interest in retirement savings products as more flexible alternatives become increasingly important, according to Defaqto.

General practitioners (GPs) are in danger of being "forgotten" by providers changing their propositions to cater for a perceived increase in wealth managers with high-net-worth clients post-RDR, a study concludes.

Advisers should not have to put up with poor-performing SIPP providers.