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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled a financial adviser did not pressurise an investor to buy 600 company shares after listening to recordings of their conversations.

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

The scale of commissions taken by HSBC bank advisers for one-off pension transfer work has been revealed in a judgement delivered by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Highclere Financial Services senior partner Alan Lakey and adviser community website Panacea Adviser have teamed up to launch a helpline for advisers tackling Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) related issues.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) said it expects the number of advisory businesses declared in default as a result of its investigations into self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice to rise above the current four.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers "must feel very nervous" today, according to a law firm, after the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) made a "game changer" of a decision against Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration.

An online petition calling on the government to remove the financial ombudsman's right to consider client claims without any time restriction has ended 3,000 signatures short of target.

Advisers tell PA what they would do if they held a regulatory wand for one day

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has named Caroline Wayman as its chief ombudsman and CEO, succeeding Natalie Ceeney.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has fended off an increasing number of pension complaints in the first quarter of this year as the number of complaints increased but uphold rates dropped.