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The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched a new standard for financial advice that it hopes will boost consumer confidence.
The British Standards Institute (BSI) is consulting on a draft of a voluntary service standard for financial advice businesses.
The FSA is consulting with the industry on whether to include the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Pensions Management Institute as accredited bodies.
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Short-term lender Omni Capital has appointed BBC Apprentice contestant Liz Locke as business development director.
The 12th International Fund and Product Awards, run through Incisive Media’s Professional Adviser brand, are now open for entries, and include the category Private Health Care Group.
A new code of conduct for financial advisers in New Zealand is a step closer to implementation after draft proposals were approved.
Solicitors will have to battle it out with banks, supermarkets and insurance companies for legal business from Q4 next year, leading some to suggest they will be more eager to link up with financial advice firms.
St James’s Place (SJP) has welcomed the ‘restricted advice’ definition proposed in the RDR.
The FSA is unlikely to budge on rules forcing financial advisers offering simplified advice to be subject to the same qualification requirements as independent practitioners.
Bluefin's head of strategic development Ian Shipway wonders how close IFAs are to calling themselves professionals?
Sarah Thwaites, director of skills development at the Financial Services Skills Council, discusses the introduction of QCF Level 4 draft core units.
The CII has elected to freeze membership subscriptions at 2008 levels until at least the end of 2010, in consideration of the economic downturn.
The CII says Continuing Professional Development (CPD) should go beyond box-ticking and be at the heart of an IFA’s business.
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