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The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has warned the Chancellor's right to advice at retirement promise, announced in the Budget, could inadvertently spark a wave of mis-selling.

Network and support services operator Tenet has warned that most advisers will fall into the remit of the consumer credit licence, meaning they will need to obtain one before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes over regulation of the market in...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) are taking steps to ensure their approach to overseeing workplace pensions does not result in "regulatory arbitrage".

National advice firm Lighthouse Financial Advice (LFA) has signed a new two-year contract to provide financial planning advice to members of benefits manager Parliament Hill.

Changes to drawdown limits set out in yesterday's Budget give advisers just two weeks to reassess and take necessary action for clients needing fixed protection 2014, according to Dentons.

Standard Life has cut its income drawdown minimum from £50,000 to £30,000 in response to yesterday's Budget announcement.

National wealth manager and IFA acquirer Bellpenny has completed its biggest acquisition to date with the purchase of MDM Associates, adding a further £322m to its funds under management (FUM).

One in ten (11%) of The Pensions Regulator's (TPR's) 590 investigations into auto-enrolment (AE) non-compliance was triggered by whistleblowing reports.

A scheme allowing pensioners to top up their flat-rate state pension through voluntary National Insurance contributions (NICs) is expected to raise £850m over two years.

The vast majority of IFAs are acting within the guidelines of independence as laid down following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), a study by the regulator suggests.