Two companies have combined to create a new Financial Planning business.
An academy that trains people who want to start their own Financial Planning practice but who have no experience in the sector is hoping to lure aspiring planners.
A new online planning tool designed to create a “simple picture of pension savers’ options” has been launched.
A life and pensions firm has taken a majority stake in technology business as it looks to develop a ‘groundbreaking’ robo-advice service.
The elderly have had £1.7m stolen from them by younger relatives in an ‘explosion’ of family fraud so far this year.
Standard Life has blamed falling annuity sales for a £24m drop in UK operating profit for the first half of 2015.
An investigation has been launched by the Government to find solutions to the so called advice gap, while a probe will also examine the effectiveness of the Money Advice Service.
Demand for annuities appears to have climbed, with sale increases suggesting somewhat of a recovery since the slump in April, research has shown.
The IFP’s chief executive hopes that a Treasury and FCA investigation into the advice gap, announced this morning, will help better define the differences between types of advice and Financial Planning.
The chance for professionals working in and around the advice sector to comment on a major review examining the so-called advice gap ends next week.