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More than a fifth of advisers will charge the equivalent of less than £100 per hour for their advice post-RDR, research suggests.

The future of Bankhall's Portavista platform has been thrown into fresh doubt after the support provider announced it would no longer use Capita's Enabler technology to power it.

Steve Bee is to begin working on a new adviser-focused pension proposition in the New Year.

Chris Horlick takes a look at the latest issues in the long term care market

The launch of PICA's first report into raising awareness of at-retirement options has given the industry food for thought. Helen Morrissey asks how the recommendations will be taken forward

Ian Shipway will bring to newly-launched business transition consultants Succession Advisory Services knowledge of "global best practice", director Tim Parsons says.

Banks have won the latest stage in the battle of unauthorised overdraft charges.

City minister Lord Myners has defended the emergency loans totalling £61.6bn that were handed to the Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS at the height of the financial crisis last year, as the political row over the secrecy surrounding them intensified.

IFA consolidator Perspective Financial Group has acquired its tenth firm after securing Kent-based Professional Investment Management Services (PIMS).

The FSA's remit could be expanded to include the regulation of buy-to-let and second-charge mortgages, under new proposals published by the Treasury today.