IFA

Nationwide is to stop offering mortgages through its Dunfermline, Cheshire and Derbyshire Building Societies brands, which will refer mortgage customers to Nationwide through in-branch independent financial advisers.

Royal Liver and Royal London have successfully completed the first stage of merger talks and have signed an agreement setting out the framework for ongoing discussions.

Google, the search engine giant, is to launch free training and support for IFAs to help them take advantage of online business opportunities.

Share trading in Vantis, the parent company of IFA Vantis Financial Management, has been suspended after the group admitted it may not have sufficient funding to continue to trade on a going concern basis.

Joanna Faith finds out the risks and benefits of adding a wealth management proposition to your organisation.

Jon Maguire says he will "never allow the same mistakes to happen again" that led to the suspension of the CF Arch cru fund range in March 2009, as he embarks on a new investment venture.

James Budden of Baillie Gifford says the RDR may see closed-ended funds in guided architecture and on fund recommendation lists alongside open-ended funds.

The number of unresolved complaints against IFAs referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) fell 1% last year, compared to a 2% rise in disputes against banks.

Three adviser firms have had their permissions cancelled after failing to pay FSA fees and levies totalling more than £4,000.

Auto-enrolment is opening up a pensions knowledge gap among employers which the industry should be filling warn IFAs.