Average defined benefit pension values have fallen to their lowest rates since the XPS Group’s Transfer Watch was established in 2018.

Financial advice firms fully embracing technology generate more revenue and have more assets under advice and clients than low adoption rivals.

Colchester-based financial advisers Mr G and Mrs P Speller - trading as Solutions Financial Services (FRN 457106) - have been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation scheme 11 years after losing their FCA authorisation.

The Quilter Foundation, the charity arm of wealth manager Quilter, has donated £25,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee Myanmar Earthquake Appeal to support vital humanitarian aid following the earthquake that struck Myanmar last month.

SIPP and SSAS provider InvestAcc has reported revenues increased 16.3% to £10.5m in the six months to the end of December, up from £9m in the same period in 2023.

The FCA has made it easier for Financial Planners to find up-to-date supervisory communications on its website.

Global economic uncertainty is fuelling significant growth in demand for financial advice from worried clients, according to a survey of nearly 200 UK financial advisers.

Jupiter Fund Management saw assets under management fall by £1bn to £44.3bn in the first quarter as high retail outflows continued to bite.

In this special Guest Column for Financial Planning Today, SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at the need for SSAS regulation and asks whether we are moving closer to new rules. Martin writes regularly for Financial Planning Today's sister website SIPPs Professional which can be viewed here: https://www.sippsprofessional.co.uk/

Total advised customers for investment and SIPP platform AJ Bell rose 7% year-on-year to 177,000 in the first quarter.