The Investment Association, the fund managers’ trade body, is to join IOSCO, the global body for regulators and securities commissions, as an affiliate member.

The first ever World Financial Planning Day is under way today (4 October) with over 170,000 Financial Planners around the world being encourages to join in.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment is urging members to get behind the first ever World Financial Planning Day to be held on Wednesday 4 October.

The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global standards-setting body for the Certified Financial Planner designation, is to hold its first World Financial Planning Day on Wednesday 4 October.