Wealth manager St James’s Place has signed a deal to provide wealth management and Financial Planning services to the 160,000 solicitors who are members of the Law Society of England and Wales.

More than half the UK population - 29.6m adults - do not have a will, including 36% of the over-55s.

Financial adviser Frenkel Topping has launched a joint venture with personal injury specialists Express Solicitors.

There has been a growing, and somewhat contentious, debate among Financial Planners and Paraplanners recently about the fairest way to charge clients. Despite years of regulatory intervention in the advisory sector it remains a surprisingly grey area.