IFA

Savvy advisers should take advantage of clients with multiple pension schemes, according to financial services firm Metlife.

IFA firm Chartwell has unveiled its new look as it re-brands to bring its four separate business activities under the Chartwell name.

Wealth management advisory firm St. James's Place has confirmed the group's managing director has been appointed as its new chief executive with immediate effect.

The Financial Services Authority has banned an IFA from carrying out any regulated activities after he used client money to fund his day-to-day business.

Three in ten so-called baby boomers have never seen a financial adviser, research from Halifax suggests.

Money Portal is offering its member firms an added incentive to adopt the principles of TCF by promising to give them a better valuation when and if they are sold.

Winterthur Life has revealed the restructured management team of its IFA business, which will be headed up by new managing director David Thompson.

Liverpool Victoria has acquired a 4.99% share in the Lighthouse Group as part of a deal which will see the life insurer transfer its adviser base to the IFA and allow Lighthouse to provide advice to the insurer's affinity group members.

IFA consolidation will be an inevitable by-product of regulatory pressures and will lead to a shift in the market, according to Cofunds' chief executive Charles Eppinger.

The IFAonline blog discussing Jeremy Clarkson's comments - last week likening IFAs to thieves - has prompted a busy response from readers.