An email from one provider urging advisers to maximise sales in the last week of trail is "desperate" and in "poor taste", according to managing director of Yellowtail Financial Planning, Dennis Hall.
Ashcourt Rowan is restructuring part of its business as it expands across the UK to service clients post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
The IMA expects to announce the results of its Absolute Return sector review by the end of February.
Bromsgrove-based adviser AFH Financial Group has bought two IFA firms to make it up to 12 acquisitions this year.
Fidelity has hired Peter Kaye from Dalton Strategic Partnership to run its $1.6bn American fund, as current manager Aris Vatis leaves the group.
AXA Wealth has added two London & Colonial (L&C) pension products to its Elevate platform to offer advisers more investment options after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
Firms who advised on investments in the CF Arch Cru Investment and Diversified Funds must contact all their clients asking if they want their case reviewed to determine whether they were mis-sold the funds and may be eligible for redress.
Ladbrokes has selected Legal and General (L&G) to provide its auto-enrolment scheme.
A convincing election win by Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) boosted Japanese equities and caused the yen to weaken.
Senior MPs want to call former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants before the banking standards commission to explain how he will overhaul Barclays' troubled culture.