adviser firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined a financial adviser for making unsuitable recommendations of high-risk and often unregulated investments.

Annuities have become the new focus for complaints according to figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), a year after the product was publicly abandoned by the Chancellor.

A man pretending to be from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is cold calling people in an attempt to defraud them, the regulator has warned.

An IFA based in Plymouth has hired a head of advisory services from industry giant Fidelity.

A surge in demand post-RDR makes for positive headlines, but it also masks a bigger problem

Financial regulators in the US are warning investors and advisers to beware the limitations of automated investment tools.

Standard Life has completed the acquisition of wealth manager Pearson Jones from Skipton Building Society, a move which represents its return to offering financial advice.

Wealth consolidator AFH has made its tenth deal in less than a year with the acquisition of a national advisory firm.

Research and ratings group Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has launched a range of model portfolios for directly authorised small advisory firms.

IFA consolidation business AFH has bought Clarendon Financial Solutions for £461,000.