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Advised annuities dropping

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An adviser who stole more than £200,000 from a client's pension has now been ordered to pay it back, plus interest, as well as serve three years in prison.

Advisers have overcome the biggest hurdles they were confronted with as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to a poll, with the number reporting they are still in "survival mode" having halved.

St James's Place's (SJP) distribution business tumbled into the red last year, which the firm said was due to the cost of hiring more advisers, and a £5.5m Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy.

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A regulator has told Money Boomerang to remove exaggerated pay out claims from its adverts for mortgage mis-selling claims.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has teamed up with charity Age UK and consumer magazine Which? to get a better insight on how to use age when evaluating a complaint.

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An adviser who skimmed £500,000 from wealthy clients' funds and pocketed the interest has been jailed for five years.