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Investment platform Skandia has criticised plans by the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) to outlaw rebates on 'legacy' business paid by fund groups to platforms from 2016.

TailorMade, a UK distributor of investments in Harlequin Property, has said it stopped taking new money into the overseas property scheme in January following a Financial Services Authority (FSA) alert about Harlequin.

Most investment company directors think the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will be positive for the sector, a poll suggests.

An online tool to promote local whole of market advice for annuity purchase has been launched by an IFA.

The government is consulting on plans to expand the range of shares that are eligible for a stocks and shares ISA.

There could be 1.5 million self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) by 2018 despite FSA regulation potentially contracting the number of providers in the market, according to John Moret.

A gang who made a film starring a former Eastenders actor solely as a £2.8m tax scam have been convicted at Southwark Crown Court.

Today the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) released its research, spanning five years, into the shape of the adviser marketplace. Here IFAonline breaks down its findings into the key numbers.

Tristan Hanson, head of asset allocation at Ashburton, explores the correlation between expectations of returns and expected returns.

Ken Rayner, investment director at Rayner Spencer Mills, reveals his favourite fund picks from the widely-varied IMA Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares sector.