Adviser firm Informed Choice is to launch an execution-only platform in a bid to attract mass-market clients.
A proposed £110m redress scheme for Arch Cru investors could "irreparably" damage firms forced to pay for the failures of others through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the regulator has been warned.
The FSA has said it is "very conscious" of the strength of feeling from financial advisers regarding the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FCSC) levy in a written response to a recent petition from the FSCS Action Group.
An FSCS Action Group petition, called Day of Action, campaigning on for a fairer Financial Services Compensation Scheme, received 1,421 signatures in total yesterday.
Nine independent financial advisory businesses were celebrating last night after securing a Gold Standard award.
Nick Bamford, executive director at Informed Choice, has made a short video outlining five mistakes he believes his company made as it prepared for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
National IFAs have launched a recruitment drive in the run-up to the New Year by inundating firms with invites to join their businesses.
A contact on Twitter highlighted an article in a US publication explaining why wives don't tend to fire financial planners, but widows do, writes Martin Bamford of Informed Choice.
Advisers say the FSA is letting firms down by failing to rubber-stamp key rules, preventing them from planning into next year and beyond.