Standard Life has added a number of new services on its wrap platform to support Financial Planners and improve the experience of their clients following feedback from advisers.

Financial Planning firm The Paraplanner Hub has increased its workforce as business continued to boom during lockdown.

Three in five (60%) Financial Planners are now factoring in ESG related questions when speaking to clients and undertaking fact finds, according to a new report.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has paid out just over £20m in compensation to LCF customers, close to a 50% increase since last month.

The annual Pension Awareness Week roadshows have gone virtual, with the launch of a five-day online event to help people with pensions, money and financial wellbeing.

British over-65s now own mortgage-free property worth £1.124tn, an increase of £6,000 per household year on year, according to a new report.

Platform charges have on average come down by five to seven basis points in the last five years and are set to continue to fall at the same rate, according to a new report.

One-in-twenty workers are being ‘under-enrolled’ in company pension schemes by receiving less than the minimum legal contributions, or no contributions at all, according to new research.

Experienced Financial Planner and wealth manager Christine Ross CFP, a client director at Handlesbanken, recently helped a 60-year old business owner make the most of his business sale.

Financial Planning firm Applewood Independent has promoted Alex Pritchard to joint managing director alongside his father and founder David Pritchard.