IFA

A number of beleaguered investors in the suspended CF Arch cru fund range have taken their case to the police, demanding charges be brought for "bad investment advice".

PruProtect says it is "reviewing" entry into the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space, putting it in direct competition with financial advisers.

Perspective has appointed Ian Wilkinson as its group practice director to integrate working relationships across the firms within the consolidation vehicle.

Standards International and the ifs School of Finance are embarking on a joint venture to improve the skills and knowledge of financial advisers.

Ongoing FSA investigations into poor pension switching advice are expected to result in firms paying out more than £150m in redress to customers.

Peter Lawrence spent 30 years in IT but last year launched his own IFA. At a time of an apparent exodus of advisers this man is going against the grain. This month: Setting up

The arrival of the new millennium saw the birth of ETF markets in the UK and Europe. Emma Dunkley looks at how this ETF landscape has been shaped by certain events over the last 10 years

The FSA's immunity from civil action under conduct of business legislation is fuelling poor regulation and failure in the financial services industry, says an IFA support group.

Advisers who bemoan the quality of new entrants to financial services could help fill the skills gaps by going into schools and talking up the industry, the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) says.

A fifth of top UK IFAs are growing their business by 10% a year, a survey suggests, but at a cost for some of the near-total collapse of their profit margins.