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Former Financial Services Director (FSA) director of conduct policy Sheila Nicoll has joined Ernst & Young's asset management practice as a senior adviser.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has endorsed the regulator's show of interest in the issues firms are facing with Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) reporting but warned that more work needed to be done.

Star manager Richard Buxton has listed seven key things he has learnt since starting his career in fund management.

An adviser has complained to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following an hour-long phone conversation about Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) reporting that led to an agreement over accounting rules that was not "entirely logical".

Chancellor George Osborne has urged cabinet colleagues "not to get ahead of themselves" about the UK's economic recovery.

Lighthouse Group plans to shut its Exeter office after a strategic business review.

PSigma is to close Tom Becket's £18m Dynamic Multi-Asset fund, taking the firm's range down to three funds.

A group of MPs will next year evaluate the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) - with a particular focus on the ban on commission - in what represents the first independent, external probe into the RDR's influence.

Wealth manager Towry has acquired Bluefin Personal Consulting (BPC), the Axa UK-owned financial planning unit of Bluefin, for an undisclosed sum.

A quarter of Brits are relying on inheritance to fund their retirement yet do not realise that one million homes have been sold to pay for care fees in recent years, NFU Mutual has warned.