IFA

The average number of live mortgage products available to intermediaries has fallen by 6.45% from April to 2,673 in May, according to the June TrigoldCrystal Product Index.

Determining profit and revenue per client and per adviser are just some of the functions available to firm owners via a tool launched this week.

ISA sales through platform Cofunds were marginally up over the first three months of 2009, despite many advisers predicting it could be the toughest season on record.

As our industry recognises that distribution is a vital factor in its success or failure, the need is even greater to develop the next generation of trusted professional advisers if the sector is to meet even a proportion of its market potential.

Scottish Widows increased profits by 6% during 2008, with life and pensions sales driving much of its growth.

Skandia has unveiled a range of ISA support services to help advisers in the run-up to the end of the tax year.

Thousands of IFA firms could go out of business, sell-up or merge by 2013 due to the economic downturn, according to Ernst & Young.

Advisers and providers have rejected claims pension fees can swallow up to 40% of cash invested by savers over the lifetime of a policy.

Britons are failing to seek regular advice from their financial adviser, despite turbulent markets looking set to continue, according to Zurich.

Britons have sacrificed £19bn of savings in a bid to drastically reduce their debt mountain as the credit crunch bites, research suggests.