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Westland helicopter affair disclosed by former PIA chief

Professional Adviser is proud to announce the shortlists for the adviser categories for the Professional Adviser Awards 2012, which take place next month.

The FSA must better assess the practical impact its ideas will have on the adviser community before introducing new regulations, urges its newest board member Amanda Davidson.

Paraplanners play a key role in adviser firms up and down the country but, until now, their work has been mainly behind the scenes. However, the IFP's launch of a new paraplanner qualification has thrust their job into the spotlight.

If you want to improve reputation, you need to do reputable things and make sure that your reputation is not owned by someone else who can dictate what people should think of you. That is the philosophy which lies behind the case for a professional body...

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the Financial Services Act and I find myself reflecting on the achievements and failures of legislation and regulatory bodies to which it has delegated its powers.

The Personal Investment Authority knew about L&G's "procedural errors" which suggested advisers were mis-selling mortgage endowment policies, but did nothing to ensure improvements were made until 1999, the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal has...