Describing the Financial Services Authority (FSA's) emphasis on exam taking as an "insult", one adviser of 45 years has stopped advising and is now offering financial training instead.
Lloyds Banking group has announced 940 redundancies in an ongoing bid to reduce costs by £1.5bn by 2014.
Axa Life Europe has launched a unit-linked guaranteed range to equip advisers with different retirement options for their clients.
The ex-chief executive of Saunderson House, Nick Fletcher, has launched a new IFA firm, London Wall Partners.
Ashcourt Rowan is restructuring part of its business as it expands across the UK to service clients post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
Bromsgrove-based adviser AFH Financial Group has bought two IFA firms to make it up to 12 acquisitions this year.
AXA Wealth has added two London & Colonial (L&C) pension products to its Elevate platform to offer advisers more investment options after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).