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Lighthouse has rolled out the Zurich retail platform across its national advice business.

Lighthouse Group has compensated the former executive chairman, David Hickey, £259,000 following his resignation from the post in August last year.

Aviva has signed an exclusive three-year deal with the Lighthouse Group to provide life protection products through its national adviser division, Lighthouse Financial Advice (LFA).

Firms who advised on investments in the failed CF Arch Cru Investment and Diversified funds have been contacting clients asking them if they want a review of the advice ahead of yesterday's deadline to identify investors eligible for redress.

Lighthouse Group's chief executive has questioned the long-term viability of the financial services industry after latest figures showed a quarter of advisers had quit between November 2011 and January this year.

Lighthouse Group has strengthened its relationship with Foresters Friendly Society meaning that the society's full product suite will now be made available to Lighthouse advisers.

Lighthouse group has reported losses of £4.6m in 2012, up from a loss of £2.7m in 2011.

Fay Goddard, the current chief executive of the Personal Finance Society (PFS), is to join Lighthouse Group as a non-executive director next month.

The scale of financial adviser exits from the industry - largely as a result of changes brought in following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) - has been underlined by figures suggesting there are some 4,600 fewer advisers today than there were in...

Lighthouse will use Elevate as one of the core components of its restricted advice offering.