An adviser jailed for attempting to steal £2.2million in a tax fraud has been named in HMRC’s top ten most significant fraud and organised crime cases of the last year.

A court has overruled the FOS and ordered Zurich to pay damages of £223,000 over advice relating to IHT.

A retirement study has estimated that over one million people aged over 45 have fallen victim to online scams.

The Pensions Ombudsman has told a firm it must pay out after a client complained about the “incorrect and inconsistent valuation of his pension fund”.

A trade body has urged the FCA to scrap plans to make advisers record all telephone calls, saying it would be negative for the profession and costly for small firms.

The industry body representing Sipp and SSAS providers has handed out a trio of Honorary Lifetime Memberships.

Fidelity and Curtis Banks have both been ordered to pay out over a delay in effecting the transfer of a client’s pension rights.

Former Pensions Minister Ros Altmann has launched a stinging attack on the Treasury, saying its “short-sighted thinking...could destroy pensions”.

The future of the Paraplanners Powwow has been secured, with a package of new initiatives announced for 2017.

Prudential’s platform and proposition consultant Allison Fower has joined Alliance Trust Savings as its new chief operating officer.