The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed scrapping the requirement for packaged retail investment and insurance-based products (PRIIPS) providers to include performance scenarios in communications to clients.

The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of failing to provide accurate, adequate, and timely information about changes to the State Pension age for women.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering increasing National Insurance to fund a long-term reform of social care, according to reports released this morning.

Over half (52%) of Financial Planners only consider ESG criteria for retirement portfolios when requested by the client, according to new research.

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has launched a 12-week consultation today with a view to reforming the process of creating and registering a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

Funds under direction (FUD) for adviser platform Transact rose 7.2% over the quarter ending 30 June.

The new issue of Financial Planning Today Magazine is out and features exclusive highlights from our annual Financial Planning Profession Survey - find out how the sector has survived, and in some cases thrived, during the pandemic. 

Three experienced advisers have joined forces to launch a new wealth management firm in Hertfordshire. 

An investment trust which will invest in space technology has been launched with an Initial Public Offering and has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange.

LEBC’s well known public policy director Kay Ingram is leaving the company after 18 years to pursue a new career as a personal finance writer, commentator and broadcaster.