Pershing, which provides a range of support and financial services to planners and advisers, has urged advisers and wealth managers to reassess their pricing to ensure future profitability.
A Sipp scheme was used by two Surrey-based investments advisers who have have been fined a total of £885,000 and been banned by the FCA from holding any position at a financial firm.
A new offshore investment service marketed by AXA Wealth International, named DelegationTM, will give investors access to a much broader range of asset types, including: collective investment schemes, equities, government and corporate debt and derivatives.
Fidelity is to acquire independent annuities adviser Annuity Direct with the aim of combining both companies resources to help clients' retirement incomes.
Consumer complaints reported by financial services firms fell by 500,000 between the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013, according to the FCA.
According to new research 65 per cent of advisers said that the main reason for recommending outsourced investment services was to gain access to specialist portfolio management skills.
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