Adviser numbers rose 5% (year-on-year) to 4,581 in the first half of the year at advice network The Openwork Partnership.

National adviser group Continuum, which is set to be acquired by M&G Wealth, has recruited Stephanie McClarence as a new Chartered Financial Planner based in Tyneside.

A pair of pension trustees have pleaded guilty to making illegal loans from a company pension scheme to the scheme’s employer.

Financial Planners taking part in a recent Personal Finance Society poll say that coaching their clients to be more savvy about money is the most enjoyable part of being a professional in 2022.

Fast growing Financial Planning group Kingswood has hired two experienced advisers for its London and Kent offices.

CPI inflation jumped from 9.4% in June to 10.1% in July, the highest level seen since the early 1980s.

The Financial Conduct Authority is facing a raft of criticism for its handling of the £46m Blackmore Bond collapse.

The Personal Financial Society (PFS) has appointed Don MacIntyre as interim CEO.

Pensions broker Daniel Stewart & Company plc has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), opening the door for investors to claim compensation.

Recent proposals from the Department for Work and Pensions on the funding of defined benefit (DB) pension scheme could force many employers to put an end to DB schemes, according to pensions consultancy LCP.