Pension providers are failing to meet advisers expectations of service for administration of existing business, according to Defaqto.

The Financial Services Authority has fined HSBC £10.5m for inappropriate investment advice to elderly customers by its subsidiary firm NHFA Limited.

Hargreaves Lansdown has added a new range of low-cost tracker funds to its Vantage service.

The Financial Services Authority has appointed Paul Stockton as a non-executive director to the Board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The Institute of Financial Planning held its South West conference in Bristol yesterday.

This story was published in 2011: This Next week marks the 25^th anniversary of the privatisation of British Gas in December 1986.

Succession Advisory Services is to launch a national wealth management brand called Succession Wealth Management.

Five more firms have been added to the Institute of Financial Planning’s Accredited Financial Planning Firms register bringing the total to 33.

Beacon Financial taught teenagers the benefits of Financial Planning last week in support of Financial Planning Week.