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National AWD Chase de Vere is to be rebranded as Chase de Vere as parent company Swiss Life has said it will drop the AWD part of its brand.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a partner at a self invested personal pension (SIPP) operator at the center of fraud proceedings for failing to keep informed about management decisions at the firm.

Investec Structured Products has released details of its Retail Distribution Review (RDR) adviser charging model, with the aim of servicing a range of adviser business models after the 31 December.

Politicians on both sides of the house have cautiously backed the industry code of conduct on charges as a first step to improving transparency.

Providers must overhaul their direct-to-consumer (D2C) offerings to serve consumers who ditch advice after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Deloitte has said.

Millions of people are postponing retirement and plan to keep working for an additional six years as their pension savings are too low, according to LV=.

Merchant House has withdrawn its listing on the AIM exchange after it was unable to raise sufficient funding.

Malcolm Kerr, executive director in Ernst and Young's financial services division, gives his top predictions on what the world will look like from January 2013 and for the next four years.

SimplyBiz has revealed two solutions to meet the needs of restricted and independent advisers from January 2013.