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Adviser network Financial has selected Capita's Synaptic Fusion technology platform for use by its 400 members.

Adviser charges based on hourly rates have largely remained the same as before the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), research commissioned by the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) suggests.

Standard Life has gone live with financial services consultancy firm Altus for automatic re-registration.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled the permissions of Somerset-based IFA firm Churchill Securities after it failed to co-operate with the regulator.

Harlequin, the property investment group engaged in the development of luxury overseas resorts, has won a court case against a former contractor it said had misappropriated money meant for property development.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned if the US Federal Reserve begins tapering monetary stimulus, the weakest eurozone countries could be pushed into a "debt-deflation spiral".

Charles Stanley has reported a jump in revenue over the first quarter of its financial year, pointing to growing FUM and increased investor confidence.

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is "embarrassed" and "irritated" by revelations that the Church of England pension scheme indirectly invested in payday lender Wonga.

The Treasury's handling of Equitable Life policyholders' compensation has been "unacceptable poor" and hindered by "delays and spiralling costs", the Public Accounts Committee will say later.

Nearly a third of advisory firms have lost clients as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to research from GfK.