Financial Planners have told Financial Planning Today that they welcome the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposals to strengthen financial promotion rules for high-risk investments, but also suggested more work should be directed at banning other unregulated speculative investments.

Options UK Personal Pensions (formerly Carey UK Pensions) has sought permission from the Supreme Court to appeal the recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in the long-running and pivotal Adams v Carey SIPP case.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is considering expanding the classification of high-risk investments to include more types of investments which should be subject to marketing restrictions in its proposals to strengthen financial promotion rules.

The majority (89%) of financial advisers are using some form of new technology as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, with the change likely to be permanent, according to a new report.

Three defendants found guilty of an authorised share scheme now face bankruptcy orders having failed to pay £3.62m in restitution.