IFA

Affluent Financial Planning has hired a paraplanner as part of plans to prepare for sweeping changes under the RDR.

Enhanced annuities pay out an average 22% more than standard annuities in annual retirement income, research suggests.

Nearly seven in ten advisers still harbour hopes of increasing pay and bonuses over the next 12 months despite the market downturn, a study suggests.

A trade body for English-speaking advisers operating in mainland Europe launched this month.

A Kent-based adviser has become a regular on a live televised finance programme watched by more than 12 million people.

AWD Chase de Vere has made available a tax planning guide to help consumers manage their tax affairs effectively during the economic downturn.

An investment and protection IFA is seeking to pull together a "small and articulate" lobby group of like-minded advisers to confront the FSA over its policies, and the RDR in particular.

Jon Cudby gives the lowdown on the all-new IFAonline

Acquirers of adviser firms favour those which have at least 30% of their revenue coming from recurring business, a J.P.Morgan report suggests.

Hargreaves Lansdown says the biggest question for the firm resulting from the RDR is whether to maintain its ‘independent' label.