Over a third of over-50s are leaving retirement planning to the proverbial ‘last minute’ of two years before retirement or failing to plan at all.

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The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation fell sharply from 1% in July to 0.2% in August as the Eat Out to Help Out restaurant scheme kicked in and helped lower eating out prices.

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The Court of Appeal has backed the High Court judgement which rejected claims that an increase in State Pension Age affecting women born in the 1950s was discriminatory.

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The High Court has found in favour of the arguments advanced for policyholders by the FCA on the majority of the key issues in its business interruption insurance test case.

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Aegon has called on the FCA to make sure that their Consumer Investment Market review does not to burden financial advice firms with increasing FSCS levies or professional indemnity premiums.

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Profits have risen 56% at adviser support company SimplyBiz, as an improvement in underlying earnings from the first six full months of trading following the Defaqto acquisition helped offset a significant reduction in valuation income.

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One in four workers in the UK have changed their pension plans due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to new research released on Pensions Awareness Day.

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Today is Pensions Awareness Day, but nearly three in four UK adults have little or no knowledge about pensions, rising to 83% for women compared to 61% for men, according to new research.

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UK unemployment continued to rise in the three months to July, with those aged between 16 and 24 seeing the biggest drop in employment, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Tuesday, 15 September 2020
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PIMFA has launched The ESG Academy, an online training platform for Financial Planners who want to learn more about ESG investing.

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