Towergate Financial has appointed former John Charcol chairman Ian Darby as chief executive from 31 October 2008.
Sesame will use its second national conference on 27 November to discuss responses to the RDR Feedback Statement, due to be released two days before.
Scottish Provident and AXA are bottom of Sesame's latest Provider Service Index which measures advisers' satisfaction levels.
Former Sesame chief executive Patrick Gale has resigned from Just Retirement after just three months at the firm.
Sesame has stepped up its support for mortgage advisers as it warns of further failures to come for mortgage networks.
Sesame and Leadbay have teamed up to give discounted leads to the network's appointed representatives (ARs).
Advisers are increasingly looking beyond the tax advantages alone when comparing product wrappers despite changes to the capital gains tax (CGT), Zurich research suggests.
Former Sesame chief executive Patrick Gale has been named chief operating officer at Just Retirement.
Network members in the mortgage and general insurance (GI) sectors are not ahead of their directly authorised counterparts when it comes to compliance, new research from MS2M shows.
IFA support firm Sesame is hosting a series of 21 retirement planning seminars for financial advisers throughout May.