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The Financial Service Authority (FSA) saw the number of boiler room fraud schemes operating through clones of authorised firms triple in 2011.

An adventure junkie financial adviser is looking to raise £2,500 for charity by running three marathons, cycling across the country and scaling a Russian mountain.

Towry is expected to close two of its regional offices in Norwich and Londonderry.

Axa has appointed the management team to lead its IFA arm Bluefin Personal Consulting, following the sale of the group's corporate advice service to Capita.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick fire poll, we ask: Research from Metlife shows advisers would be willing to reduce fees for individuals who have pension savings less than £50,000.

Tube workers have called a 72-hour strike over inclusion in Transport for London's (TfL's) pension fund and travel benefits scheme.

Advisers solely recommending risk-rated funds are opening themselves up to "danger", Skandia has warned.

An adviser has hit out at platform FundsNetwork for refusing to re-register a client's investments to a rival platform because the value of the transfer was less than £40,000.

Legal & General (L&G) has launched a stocks and shares Junior ISA which provides three investment options to contributing family and friends.