Professor Stephen Thomas of Cass Business School said the concept of so-called 'risk parity' "all-weather" portfolios was gaining ground in the Financial Planning sector.

Alliance Trust Savings has added eight new fund providers to its platform and says that assets under management on the platform are rising rapidly.

Hundreds of Financial Planners packed out the main hall at the IFP conference this morning to hear how their "inner pharmacy" can help improve their business and daily lives.

Openwork is to launch a training academy to attract and develop the next generation of financial advisers and combat a fall in the number of advisers overall.

The job of Financial Planners and advisers will be to "protect people from themselves" in the new era of pensions being ushered in from April, Partnership's chief executive says.

The President of the IFP has issued a rallying call to Financial Planners to help double the number of members.

Leading experts have been speaking about platform due diligence and telling Financial Planners how they can keep on top of compliance at a session this afternoon at the IFP conference.

Following the IFP membership election which took place over the summer months, the names of the three CFP professionals chosen from six candidates standing for election were announced at the IFP Annual General Meeting today.

Financial Planners have been told how they can build their practice through philanthropy.

There is a "massive Financial Planning gap" in the UK, the IFP's chief executive said this afternoon as he officially opened the IFP annual conference.