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A premium charged on products and investments could part-fund the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and ease the burden of regulatory costs on advisory businesses, IFA support group Tenet has suggested....

Wrap platform Nucleus has updated its discretionary fund management (DFM) proposition, offering its adviser users more options when managing client investments.

Financial advisers are prioritising the speed of doing new business with platforms as the most important factor when selecting a provider, research suggests.

Principal Investment Management has placed a number of veteran UK income managers onto its infamous Black List of funds, part of the group's latest Income Study.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has added a new category to its Chartered Awards 2012 - Paraplanner of the Year.

Pensions and insurance provider Aegon has said it will accept requests from former Honister Capital IFAs to transfer in bulk the advisers' clients to their new employer.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has raised the spectre of further levies to compensate Bentley-Leek Financial Management customers invested in collapsed property schemes.

Charges on exchange traded funds (ETFs) and other low-cost products could rise following the introduction of new European rules, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is running the most concentrated portfolios seen in his 25-year fund management career in an effort to shield his funds from economic headwinds.

Barclays Bank is considering a new remuneration process which would see bonuses for its top executives reduced and payment deferred until they have retired.