IFA

One IFA is already planning his new catering career after Finance Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban said IFAs were no more qualifed than a McDonald's shift manager.

A new video highlighting the importance of IFAs and the challenges facing the industry as a result of the RDR has been posted on YouTube.

IFA consolidator Succession Advisory Services has received FSA authorisation to arrange investment deals, though not to give advice.

The retirement income service launched by Annuity Clearing House (ACH) in June has had a positive reaction from advisers, chairman Peter Quinton says.

A website offering generic financial advice to consumers for an annual fee of £49 has been launched.

Advisers have likened public sector pensions to 'Ponzi' schemes and say reform is long overdue.

Shifting the link between public sector pension schemes and final salaries to a career-average earnings option could hit female retirees hardest, experts say.

Up to 1,500 investors in Keydata-style life settlement-backed products have been told they will receive a fraction of their expected return because the bonds failed to get regulatory approval.

AWD Chase de Vere has announced a major shake-up of its senior management team, with marketing director Martyn Laverick and group finance and operations director Robert Organ departing the IFA with immediate effect.

Today is national Older People’s Day, but some are less than enamored with the DWP’s gesture towards “the important contribution older people make to society”.