Financial advice
Regulation
A former Legal & General (L&G) adviser faces jail after being found guilty of stealing nearly half a million pounds from an elderly couple.
09 March 2015
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Investment
Financial advisers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds after the latest twist in the Harlequin saga in which the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has written down the value of the investment to nil.
02 March 2015
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Investing in the profession
A national advice firm has launched the final stage of its adviser development programme, designed to help advisers improve their client service and increase their revenue.
18 February 2015
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Investment
Consolidator AFH Financial has acquired Kidderminster-based advice firm K.L. Plester Financial Services for £1.7m.
10 February 2015
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Your profession
Advisers have reacted to Standard Life's return to advice with a mix of indifference and a sense of history repeating itself
09 February 2015
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Your profession
Perfect planning or professional elitism? The lowdown on the provider-free conference
04 February 2015
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Your profession
An alternative conference for advisers at which product providers are banned returns this year after the success of its inaugural event.
02 February 2015
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Your profession
Advisers registered with IFA directory Unbiased are to offer free introductory advice sessions to consumers in a bid to stir interest in advice.
28 January 2015
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Your profession
National IFA Positive Solutions has seen its adviser numbers tumble 64% in the last five years, though the level of departures seems to have stabilised.
27 January 2015
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