Interview

Every adviser will need a statement of professional standing (SPS) - effectively a practicing certificate for financial intermediaries - to continue seeing clients from 1 January 2013. But what exactly are they? And will clients care?

Jason Sadler of Cigna discusses his company's approach to healthcare with Paul Robertson.

Next year will be a decisive year for fund supermarkets as they look to make the "huge transition" to the unbundled world, say wrap platforms.

David Child has taken the helm at one of the country's most ambitious adviser firms. Paul Robertson talks to Lifesearch's new managing director

Professional Adviser asked the Chartered Insurance Institute for its views on the financial advice market as we head into 2012. This week: Professionalism.

What's the one thing the financial services industry would like to see changed? We asked the question to some of this year's Gold Standard Award winners during a ceremony at the House of Commons.

Financial security for the family is the top concern of ultra high net worth individuals, according to advisers.

Gill Cardy has plans for the IFA Centre, the trade body she set up earlier this year, and first among them is to find out about her prospective members, she tells Alasdair Pal…

Long-term care, Dilnot and the adviser's role. Paul Robertson discusses all this with Partnership's Chris Horlick.

M&G global head of retail sales says industry is awash with mediocrity, which must be eradicated.