A spike in the divorce rate has increased the risk of financial vulnerability, the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) has warned.

The cost of living crisis is forcing parents to scrap their inheritance plans, new research from Killik & Co suggests.

Two thirds of advisers say that up to 50% of their business is now from clients in pension drawdown, according to a new survey.

Guy Opperman MP, one of the longest serving Pensions Ministers in recent times, has returned to the Department for Work and Pensions although the pensions portfolio he held has yet to be allocated.

The FSCS has declared in default a Hull-based financial adviser which provided SIPP and investment advice.

Ian Taylor, one of the founders of platform Transact, died on 17 October at home after a short illness and two years after retiring. The company has written an obituary for their much-loved founder which Financial Planning Today is reproducing here by kind permission of the company.

The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global standards setting body for Certified Financial Planners, has appoint Dante De Gori CFP as its new CEO from 1 January.

The Chartered Insurance Institute and its sister professional body for Financial Planners, the Personal Finance Society, have been hit by a cyber attack which has seen some members’ data accessed.

Kent-based Financial Planning firm GSI Group has made its first acquisition with a deal to buy a Hampshire adviser.

The total value of ‘lost’ pension pots has jumped by £7.2bn to £26.6bn in four years, according to a new report.