Adviser / Broking

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has said it wants to put accredited financial advisers "at the public's fingertips" with the relaunch of its adviser directory.

Panacea Adviser (Panacea), the online community and resource for regulated financial advisers, is to hold a free social media event called ‘Converting social media followers to clients'.

Employee benefits and wealth management business Mattioli Woods has rebranded its subsidiaries Kudos Financial Services and Atkinson Bolton.

The Consulting Consortium (TCC) has launched a 'bespoke' compliance support service for small financial advice firms.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is failing to take all evidence into account when ruling on complaints against advisers, and is sometimes not giving reasons for its decisions, advisers have claimed.

Jelf has reported a 14.6% increase in revenue for its insurance business to £26.8m (2013: £23.4m) for the six months ending 31 March 2014.

A third of advisers offered renewals of their Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) received increased premiums, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.

Around three quarters of IFAs plan to stay independent despite a tougher stance from the regulator on the definition of independent advice, according to an industry survey.

More than four-in-ten mortgage brokers expect the intermediary share of the mortgage market to top 65% by the end of the year.

FSCS chief says reduction reflects PPI claims trend.