Retirees wanting a comfortable retirement and enough money to pay for later life care need to build up around £470,000 in retirement wealth due to the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has voiced its shock at parent body the CII’s move to takeover its board by appointing three new directors yesterday.

The Personal Finance Society has blamed a lack of CII directors attending for its decision to abandon an Emergency PFS board meeting today.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has recruited experienced regulator Nausicaa Delfas to be its new chief executive. 

Two Past Presidents of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) have attacked the PFS parent body, the Chartered Insurance Institute, after it decided to step in today to take control of the PFS board.

The Chartered Insurance Institute says it stepped in at its Personal Financial Society arm today after significant governance issues became apparent.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has moved to take control of the board of its Financial Planning arm, the Personal Finance Society (PFS), following the failure of mediation attempts.

Half (46%) of advised clients using equity release are using property wealth to gift an early inheritance to family, according to a new report.

In this exclusive Column for Financial Planning Today, Amyr Rocha Lima, chairman of the CISI Financial Planning Forum Committee, explains why he believes history lessons are crucial for planners.

Pension transfer activity in November was the highest since July 2020 as more pension members transferred between providers.