adviser firms

Sanlam Private Wealth has acquired the client bank of two more financial planning companies as part of its drive to increase its presence in the UK.

THE WINNER IS

Analysts at HSBC have suggested the popularity of balanced funds towards the end of 2012 was due to advisers attempting to maximise commission income before the implementation of new rules following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

A Bath-based financial adviser is accused of murdering his 28-year-old girlfriend with an electrical cable.

Advice firms must send the Financial Services Authority (FSA) data on all of their advisers' professional standards by the 29 January 2013.

HSBC is to convert its whole-of-market advisory proposition into a restricted advice model next year, Investment Week understands.

RESTRICTED OR DIE?

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is to launch an investment-focused outsourcing solution for advisers ahead of RDR.

The IFA label represents an "irretrievably damaged brand" and should be "consigned to history", according to a pensions report released today.

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