Independent Financial Advice

Symponia has launched its Legal Academy in a bid to unite financial advisers and lawyers in serving long term care clients.

LifeQuote has teamed up with advisory service What Protect to provide a protection platform which provides both advised and non-advised solutions.

There is a huge and widening gulf between firms making outstanding profits and those losing money, according to research released today.

Some 40% of IFAs say that clients are more confused on the difference between independent and restricted advice than they were before the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to research released today.

FCA removal of commission on protection products would be a "complete disaster" but could happen, adviser network Tenet has warned.

The Care and Support Bill should stipulate that local authorities must recommend regulated independent financial advisers, to care funders a joint committee has recommended.

Following The Solicitors Regulation Authority's announcement that it will launch a consultation into adviser referrals, one adviser letter to the body urges it to carefully consider the case for restricted advice.

A pensions analyst who authored a report criticising the industry has spoken about the ‘vitriolic' reaction from independent financial advisers (IFAs) to his recommendations.

The IFA label represents an "irretrievably damaged brand" and should be "consigned to history", according to a pensions report released today.

The FSA has published final guidance on long-term care advice that states independent firms will not be required to hold the relevant qualification.