L&G mortgage club sought advice to close member

L&G pushes IFA into administration

Story by: Joe McGrath, FTAdviser

Legal & General (L&G) has defended its decision to seek legal assistance in closing down an intermediary member.

  • Time published: 09.10
  • Date published: 19.11.2008
  • Published in: Advisers

Consumer confidence in estate agents remains low

Consumers have lost confidence in the housing and estate agency sectors, according to a consumer conditions survey conducted for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

Personal Touch launches paraplanning service

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has launched a full paraplanning service for its network members and directly authorised intermediaries.

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

Two insurance brokers banned for client money failings

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned two directors of an insurance broker for failing to ensure that their firm complied with regulator's client money rules.

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

FSSC unveils training and competence standards and guidance

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has today (19 November) launched a new portfolio of training and competence (T&C) resources for all financial service employers.

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

Former mortgage adviser given 18 month suspended sentence

A former mortgage adviser has been sentenced at City of Westminster Magistrates Court to an 18 month suspended sentence for providing misleading information when applying to become an Financial Services Authority (FSA) approved person.

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

Fee-based forum seeks cash boost

An IFA has begun informal talks with a wrap provider to secure the financial backing for a stalled online searchable database of fee-based advisers.

  • Date published: 19.11.2008

Standard Life offers advisers offshore investment help

Standard Life is offering help to advisers on offshore investments through its techZONE.

  • Date published: 18.11.2008

FSA bans broker for life assurance fraud

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Peter King and Bournemouth-based mortgage and insurance broker New Forest Mortgage Company Ltd for knowingly submitting applications for fraudulent life assurance policies.

  • Date published: 18.11.2008

IFAs life and pensions persistency better than tied reps

Persistency levels for life and pensions business sold through IFAs proved better when compared with single-tied representatives, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

Bell Lawrie to rebrand as Brewin Dolphin

Bell Lawrie, the Scottish division of independent financial adviser Brewin Dolphin, is set to adopt the overall company's name from March 2009.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

Feature

Taking aim and hitting your target

A strategic business plan can help you measure where you are now relative to where you want your business to be in the not too distance future

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 13.11.2008
  • Published in: Advisers

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Feature

Making the most of it

Websites are an invaluable tool and you must do everything you can to get your site to the top of web searches and maximise your potential

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 13.11.2008
  • Published in: Advisers

Comment

No professionalism without pain

We all know it is important for aspiring financial advisers to pave their path to professionalism with qualifications.

  • Time published: 14.36
  • Date published: 10.11.2008
  • Published in: Advisers

Comment

Is the credit crisis killing small IFA firms?

The UK independent financial adviser market is set to be affected by zero growth in 2009.

  • Time published: 13.33
  • Date published: 11.11.2008
  • Published in: Advisers

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