fee-based advice

CEO Harrison to chair board

'Overriding competitive forces' may be necessary, suggests paper

Which? suggested it should be mandatory for firms to list their advice charges on their websites

Weeks after Times' 'scandal' headline, debate about displaying charges on websites continues...

Is this lowly figure the advice profit margin of the future?

A new association for directly authorised advisers said it hopes to bridge the advice gap by introducing a type of service for which commission-like payment will be possible.

The majority of advisers have turned clients away in the last year, mainly because they were concerned the advice was too expensive, research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) suggested.

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Annuity experts have warned customers will face more difficulties as they struggle with advice propositions post RDR.