Adviser / Broking

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is gearing up to interview London-based advisers about their risk assessment processes as it works its way across the country.

Wealth manager Towry will accelerate its acquisition programme in 2014, with plans to buy as many as ten businesses, its head of wealth advice has said.

Adviser group risk software firm Group Risk Connect has launched its portable master trust as a completely stand-alone service.

Tom Conner makes the case why advisers should prioritise income protection.

Treasury committee chairman Andrew Tyrie has called on the regulator to scrap the "fundamentally flawed" approved persons regime for advisers and instead align the sector with the new standards being brought in for the banking industry.

iPipeline has announced the launch of a new multi-benefit protection quote service on the adviser portal Assureweb.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is claiming a key victory in the fight for fair regulation of advisers following news that European Union ministers have dropped a proposal to cap fees for advice.

As the economy begins to show signs of recovery and the housing market returns to growth, it is clear that mortgage advisors are back to being busy again with lending at its highest level since 2008.

Nearly two-thirds of advisers have expressed concerns that the UK education system is incapable of delivering on the next generation of advisers.

The Protection Review has unearthed evidence that advisers who sell Critical Illness (CI) on price and do not discuss early stage cancers, are doing a worse advice job than comparison sites.