FOS advice complaints drop as Sesame tops pile once more

Financial advisers received a total of 1,044 complaints between 1 July and 31 December 2016, the data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) revealed - a 12% drop on the 1,189 received in the first half of the year. Despite closing down its investment advice operation last year, Sesame Ltd received 104 complaints in the second half of 2016, at an uphold rate of 23%.  This is significantly lower than the first half of the year, however, when it again topped the pile with 160 complaints. Openwork again came second to Sesame, with 70 complaints at an uphold rate of 20%, while St J...