The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), the global Financial Planning professional body, has launched a major update to its global Financial Planning standards to take account of evolving technology and trends in the profession.

After years in the doldrums, the number of CFP Professionals in the UK grew by 6.3% over the past year, the CISI has reported.

The number of Certified Financial Planner professionals worldwide has topped 213,000 for the first time - a 10-fold increase since 1990 when the qualification first went international.

The global Certified Financial Planner body - the Financial Planning Standards Board - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week by highlighting that the number of CFP professionals worldwide has doubled since its launch in 2004 from 90,000 to more than 181,000.