Financial advice

Consolidator AFH Financial has acquired Kidderminster-based advice firm K.L. Plester Financial Services for £1.7m.

Advisers have reacted to Standard Life's return to advice with a mix of indifference and a sense of history repeating itself

Perfect planning or professional elitism? The lowdown on the provider-free conference

An alternative conference for advisers at which product providers are banned returns this year after the success of its inaugural event.

Advisers registered with IFA directory Unbiased are to offer free introductory advice sessions to consumers in a bid to stir interest in advice.

National IFA Positive Solutions has seen its adviser numbers tumble 64% in the last five years, though the level of departures seems to have stabilised.

With markets like these, what's an investment adviser to do?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has provided what it hopes is further clarity on the boundaries of advice and information when building decision tree based investment models, following concerns about the clarity of its initial suggestions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its final definitions of regulated advice and personal recommendations in retail investment, in a move it hopes will help firms develop 'low cost' distribution models with confidence.

Advisers are charging clients more post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR), despite falling product prices, a consultancy hired by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found.