IFA

Standard Life champions fee-charging advisers and will invest cash which it previously paid out as commission in the business so it can help IFAs meet customers' needs post RDR, its UK CEO Paul Matthews said.

Laura Miller asks who should benefit when commission is replaced by fees?

There is no shortage of easy-to-read, snappily-titled finance books aimed at the mass-market.

Riots in London and elsewhere may have dominated this week's national news agenda, but, in financial services at least, there was plenty else going on…

HM Treasury believes simple products by definition should be allowed to be sold without advice.

Advisers do not stand alone when it comes to regulation and Europe. Paul Robertson talks to Steve White, your man in Brussels

Pricing, products and processes are the protection industry's priorities. Louise Colley begs to differ and gives a call to arms to the emotional side of marketing.

Auto-enrolment is not just a business opportunity for large employee benefit consultants and national IFA firms.

Aviva said it will target IFAs' mid-market ‘bronze' clients with its upcoming simplified advice offering.

Lewis Benson is a member of the Aviva Future Adviser Academy. Each week, he shares with Professional Adviser his experiences as he takes his first tentative steps into the world of financial advice…