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Mortgage adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services has launched a business development programme for its member firms to help them grow and manage their businesses.

The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees and employers to "work in a collaborative and transparent way" on scheme funding in its latest defined benefit code of practice.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the Money Advice Service (MAS) and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) to deliver the government's at-retirement guidance guarantee.

The number of savers putting enough money into their pension to secure an adequate retirement is at its highest level since 2009 at 53%, according to Scottish Widows research.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made a number of "extensive and detailed" changes to its client money rules which it hopes will improve the protection of client assets.

A growing number of IFAs are approaching network Best Practice saying they are being asked by other networks to adopt particular solutions when dealing with complex problems, technology director Keith Hare has said.

IFA Bradbury Hamilton has acquired Leeds-based SBB Consulting, in the firm's latest step to fulfill its ambition of becoming a national.

The government must make an "urgent decision" on the specifics of the guidance guarantee to ensure the April 2015 deadline is met, Friends Life has said.