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MSN Money has compiled a top ten list of the 'discreet' charges that anger consumers the most...

Advisers say the abolition of the requirement to annuitise by age 75 is the best pension reform passed this year.

A new website allowing clients to rate their independent financial advisers (IFA) and leave comments about their experiences has gone live.

Prudential has paid an IFA for advice needed by a customer who received a correction payment on their Scottish Amicable pension, after IFAonline highlighted the case.

The FSA has proposed to collect and monitor data on how much advisers charge for advice on group personal pensions (GPPs).

Barnett Waddingham (BW) has reduced by more than £120 the SIPP set-up fees for clients introduced by a financial adviser.

Insurers are increasingly influencing private medical practice and threatening consultants with being taken off their books, doctors have said.

Both sides of the coin for Holloway products

Providers have welcomed the FSA's Consultancy Charging Working Group's review, but emphasise the need for the resulting guidance to be non-prescriptive.

Nick Plumb, IFA at Bright Financial Planning Ltd in Sudbury, vents his spleen on the RDR.