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Professional Adviser's Rahul Odedra asked a handful of readers to share some of their favourite investment reads, and the titles they would recommend to clients...

The pensions advice community has rejected calls for the outright banning of some trail commission payments.

The modest-sized British Friendly has giant plans for the IP market. Its CEO Mark Myers reveals all to Paul Robertson

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A former Lloyds TSB adviser turned Labour MP has claimed IFAs and bank advisers are all focused on selling products rather than helping clients.

A Conservative MP has called for better provision of independent financial advice to members of the military services.

Good time management is essential for IFAs juggling client meetings with paperwork and training.

The long-term care market effectively disappeared in the early 1990s. But is it about to re-open and how should IFAs approach it? Stephanie Spicer reports

Lewis Benson is the new blood everyone keeps saying the advice space needs. He is 20, a degree student, and he really wants to be an independent financial adviser. Follow Lewis on his journey from wannabe to winner on IFAonline.co.uk...

Philippa Gee, managing director of Philippa Gee Wealth Management, has digested Dilnot's proposed reforms on care home funding and found a few things which stick in her throat...