independent advisers

Five times the FCA made no sense

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked UK financial advisers if they think the criteria they must meet to call themselves independent is out of sync with Europe-wide definitions.

The regulator has "completely messed up the definition of independence", said professional connections support organisation SIFA, as it claimed 95% of solicitors would still chose IFAs over restricted advisers.

How the FCA showed it is fitting in with what goes on 'in real life' at adviser firms

Enough is enough: What ‘independence’ really means

"Independence is a state of mind - you just need to keep an open mind and consider all the options", the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said as it summed up the findings of its latest post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) research.

The vast majority of IFAs are acting within the guidelines of independence as laid down following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), a study by the regulator suggests.

Wealth management group Succession is launching a ‘lite' version of its platform for clients with less than £50,000 of investable assets.

What the public really thinks of advice labels

Chris Smallwood, the chief executive of Openwork-owned national IFA 2plan, has called on the regulator to crack down on what he said were 'misleading' terms used by some restricted advice firms to describe their services.