MAS

Over 9,000 people have clicked on an adviser's contact details after using the Money Advice Service's (MAS) adviser directory.

A persistent lack of awareness among consumers around spotting pension scams and finding financial advice has raised concerns about whether consumer education campaigns are working.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is helping to launch a £700,000 fund to trial ways children as young as three years old can be taught the tools and information they need to manage their money later in life.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended the methods it uses to calculate advisers' contribution to its annual costs as fair and proportionate, as it confirmed a 10% hike for firms for 2015-2016.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) directory of retirement advisers will shortly include a display of adviser fees and charges to help consumers compare and contrast, following a delay, its chief executive Caroline Rookes has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to raise £74.9m from financial advisers for the coming year, representing an upswing of 10.2%.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) will have its budget slashed and must be made more accountable to those regulated firms who pay for it, an independent report has said following complaints from levy payers.

The government has come under fire for delaying the publication of its report into the Money Advice Service (MAS), with some suggesting the report was deliberately hidden before the upcoming general election.

Money Advice Service (MAS) partnerships with financial services organisations are "coming to fruition" as "more people than ever" have turned to the service for help with their finances, chief executive Caroline Rookes has said.

The Money Advice Service (MAS)'s retirement advice directory, put in place to support the incoming pension freedoms, has opened for adviser registration.