FSA chairman Lord Turner says that the most important element in regulatory reform will be the Bank of England’s Financial Planning Committee.

Ascentric has added 12 discretionary fund managers to its platform over the last six months.

Financial Planner Online is now live on Twitter. It can be found tweeting all the latest news including daily news alerts at @FPM_Online.

The launch of the Junior Isa is just over a week away and firms are giving ideas of how to benefit from them.

There is less than a month until the IFP Scottish Conference in Glasgow on 14-15 November.

There is still time to register for the Power of 3 roadshow with JP Morgan Asset Management, Blackrock and Schroders.

The latest gap-filling workshops from Fidelity Worldwide Investment will be held nationwide from November.

James Hay has teamed up with Seven Investment Management to offer discretionary fund management on the James Hay iSipp.

Credit Suisse UK has been fined £5.95m by the Financial Services Authority for failings on structured products.

F&C Asset Management has seen assets under management fall from £108bn to £103.2bn.