IFA

Fiona Murphy looks at the challenges of advising the self -employed on their retirement plans

Sadly many advisory businesses are preparing for RDR with ‘dumbed down' advice propositions for which fees will be hard to justify, says Bruce Moss

Six in 10 IFAs are ‘concerned' about advising female clients to buy lifetime annuities ahead of the introduction of the gender equality ruling, according to research.

An adviser has had his application to become an approved person rejected because of his failure to disclose past convictions and a prosecution for mortgage fraud.

Almost two-thirds of UK-based advisers say it will not be profitable to advise clients with less than £50,000 after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to research.

The total number of consumers employing independent advisers has passed the number seeking advice from their bank, according to comparison website VouchedFor.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The High Court has dismissed an appeal by Thinc Group - now Bluefin - against a ruling which said it could not claim back goodwill payments worth more than £243,000 from two self-employed advisers whose contracts with the business were terminated.

AFH Financial Group has made its tenth acquisition since floating onto the stock market last year, with the purchase of Chartwell Associates.

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