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Mortgage brokers could be dragged into the disclosure of adviser remuneration proposed by the FSA.

The FSA has slammed platforms for poor levels of disclosure in documentation and for failing to highlight the risks of investment.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has just added another piece to the jigsaw of the financial services industry of the future.

"I surprised myself. I told my son ‘you should think about becoming an IFA'."

Simon Fitton, partner at Baxter Fensham, on what it means to be a truly fee-based IFA.

Paul Burgin examines the changing world of structured product design, marketing and distribution legislation.

Advisers are more aware than ever of structured products but education is the key to them moving from a niche player into the mainstream.

A platform pricing regime based solely on unbundled charges will be detrimental to consumers and remove choice, warns Cofunds.

David Ferguson, CEO of Nucleus, assesses recent moves by wraps and platforms to clarify their pricing structures.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) will hold pilot paraplanning examinations in the next month as the professional body prepares to roll out the country's first level four qualification for paraplanners.