Advisers will have to cough up £100m to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme – due to rising claims linked to Sipps. Read more ...

Researchers say that there has been a significant jump in the number of financial advisers using discretionary management services in the past year.

Consumers consider long term care as more important than providing an inheritance, a survey on wealth management found. Read more ...

The global Financial Planning Standards Board wants to see 250,000 CFP professionals in 40 countries across the world within the next decade. Read more ...

A study conducted mainly among IFP members found there were multiple key motivations driving their career decisions - beyond their basic salary. Read more ...

Financial Planners may still feel like they are “in the dark” about using social media in a way to avoid landing in regulatory hot water, a compliance firm says. Read more ...

A Financial Planner will be cycling close to 350 miles over four days inspired by a 23 month old boy who died from a rare form of cancer. Read more ...

The ABI's director general has attacked the way political parties have handled pensions in the election campaign and claimed policy in this area is going backwards. Read more ...

Profits before tax at Schroders have risen 14 per cent to just under £150million in the first three months of the year.

A deal worth just over £4m has been struck by AFH Financial to take over a Gloucestershire based advice firm in the biggest buy out it has made to date. Read more ...