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Consumers searching online for a fee-charging adviser may miss out as just 2.3% of IFAs advertise themselves as fee-based on their own websites, according to research.

Laura Miller asks who should benefit when commission is replaced by fees?

Advisers say the FSA is letting firms down by failing to rubber-stamp key rules, preventing them from planning into next year and beyond.

The pensions advice community has rejected calls for the outright banning of some trail commission payments.

Personal pension 'churning' for higher commissions is still occurring among IFAs, according to a report published today which has been discredited by the trade body representing independent practitioners.

Comparison site MoneySupermarket.com has been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) not to exaggerate claims on its site about chances of users being approved for loans.

Merchant House Group today revealed it made a £1.69m pre-tax profit in the year to December 2010.

Intermediaries are overwhelmingly (91%) in favour of commission options in the group insurance market, Canada Life Group Insurance has said.

PruHealth has changed its commission model to one that rewards long-term partnerships with brokers.

Consumers are drastically understimating the commissions taken by comparison sites which totaled £650m last year, according to new research.