AIFA

Banks have described as "a plus" an FSA decision not to mandate the wording they will need to use to describe their restricted offering to clients after 2012.

AIFA has welcomed moves to make AIM shares eligible as a tax-advantaged ISA investment, but says the Chancellor held back on support for small businesses.

The FSA must better assess the practical impact its ideas will have on the adviser community before introducing new regulations, urges its newest board member Amanda Davidson.

Simon Fitton, partner at Baxter Fensham, on what it means to be a truly fee-based IFA.

Financial advice firms are being urged to revisit their business checking procedures in the wake of the public censure and £7.8m customer redress ruling at IFA Park Row.

The cost of compensating Keydata victims is likely to hit £440 for the ‘typical' adviser firm in the appropriate sub-class, according to AIFA calculations.

An open letter from an adviser to AIFA has reignited the fierce debate over whether higher minimum qualifications are the answer to the industry's problems.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) should be ashamed - not proud - of its part in reducing the minimum adviser qualification level, according to the managing director of Smart Financial Planning.

Adviser Alliance, the organisation set up to fight regulatory change including the RDR, is now recruiting new members to challenge the FSA.

The FSA says proposals to charge firms' variable fees depending on their size are an "appropriate" measure to reflect the amount of work it carries out.