Adviser / Broking

Providers purchasing tables at awards ceremonies and inviting advisers to sit on them will likely not be in breach of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) requirements on inducements, it has confirmed.

Friends Life has reported a "disappointing" £19m loss for Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) in 2013.

Ensuring direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms do not stray into advice has become an "obsession" that is ultimately stunting innovation, a report has concluded.

Ensuring direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms do not stray into advice has become an "obsession" that is ultimately stunting innovation, a report has concluded.

Automatically excluding female employees on maternity leave from training programmes is discriminatory, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

Exeter Family Friendly has announced the continuation of its programme of adviser seminars as UK protection sales remain "frighteningly low."

The outlook for the financial services sector is seen to be improving as a consequence of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), but most advisers report protection sales continue to lag following its introduction.

LifeSearch has announced it had advised on £480m worth of protection products over the last year as a backdrop to the advisers' tenth annual awards ceremony.

A compliance service designed for financial planning firms has been launched.

The number of complaints upheld against networks and nationals by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have dropped in the last half year, figures show.