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UBS injunction may harm client interests, warns IFA

00:01 | 13 Aug 2008 | By Richard Harris

A high court injunction to prevent former UBS employees from bringing clients and staff to their new wealth management firm Vestra Wealth could end up sidelining clients’ interests.

Succession planning; where do we go from here?

00:01 | 16 Jul 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

To sell-up or not to sell-up many advisers are now asking themselves. But before such a question can be asked the way needs to be prepared for any potential sale. So just how prepared are most advisers?

Yellowtail settles on flat yearly fee for clients

00:01 | 25 Jun 2008 | By Daniel Grote

Dennis Hall has revamped his fee-charging structure by offering a flat fee model, just months after he employed charging based on a client's total net assets.

FSA to head Edinburgh Declaration working party

07:00 | 16 Jun 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

The regulator will chair a working party that will test proposals put forward by the industry to create a single professional framework.

Advisers urged to overhaul client referral strategy

12:05 | 28 May 2008 | By Daniel Grote

Advisers who simply ask their clients to provide them with referrals are getting it wrong, claims new US research which says presenting a clear proposition to clients is the route to existing clients' friends and colleagues.

59% advisers support RDR but one in four will quit, says survey

09:27 | 27 May 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Adviser support for the retail distribution review has shot up in the past seven months, particularly among fee-based financial planners, new research from NMG shows. But nearly a quarter of advisers say they will quit as a result of the push for higher qualifications.

Green interest on the rise, says Aifa

14:36 | 19 May 2008

A quarter of advisers report growing interest in green investments, but the vast majority say information is inadequate or hard to come by

Financial skills shortage looming, survey says

00:01 | 13 May 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Advisers believe the calibre of skilled graduates is dropping, and things look set to worsen with 80% in a recent poll saying demand for professional qualifications will increase in the next five years.

Retreat on 10p tax rate splits opinion

13:24 | 28 Apr 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

The government’s decision to bow to backbench pressure and offer compensation to low earners hit by the abolition of the 10p income tax starting rate has divided opinion among readers of Citywire.

Wealth managers target expat Indians

00:01 | 17 Apr 2008 | By Tom Brown

Banks and wealth managers are moving to target the 1.1 million expat Indians in the UK worth about £100 billion because the notion they prefer to invest in their native country is overplayed, a new study says.

Advisers voice support for one professional standards board

09:00 | 15 Apr 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

The Edinburgh Declaration's decision to develop one single body has met with approval from New Model Adviser readers, but the majority beleive that the four boards involved should merge.

Platforms hinder adviser use of offshore funds, says HSBC

17:01 | 09 Apr 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

HSBC Investments research shows that more advisers would use offshore funds if they could access them through platforms.

JPM leads southeast for investment planning service

09:30 | 12 Mar 2008 | By Lauren MacGillivray

Count yourself lucky if you are a financial adviser in the South East being serviced by JPMorgan Asset Management for investment planning.

AXA mulls Winterthur solution for service problems identified by new Citywire index

16:19 | 03 Mar 2008 | By Gavin Lumsden

(Updated with graphs) AXA UK chief executive Paul Evans is considering further integration of AXA and Wintethur's IFA-facing staff in a bid to cure the group's service problems. The new Citywire Service Index has revealed major problems at Prudential and Norwich Union although the Hartford and Skandia are ranked highly by advisers for their service standards.

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