Interim figures from Jupiter today underlined the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic as pre-tax profits plunged by 50% to £40.8m and Assets Under Management declined from £45.9bn June 2019 to £39.2bn in June 2020.

Financial education charity Young Money is to send free copies of Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis’s financial education textbook ‘Your Money Matters’ to 700 schools in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The FCA is to consult on tougher rules to beef up protection for up to 24m vulnerable consumers.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has appointed three new non-executive directors to the FSCS board, including a former Secretary of State and a former chief operating office at Aviva.

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has launched an investigation into pension scams as part of its inquiry into pension freedoms.

The Coronavirus pandemic has left one in three UK savers fretting about their finances but only 3% consulted a Financial Planner in the second quarter of this year, according to a new report.

A new pan-European adviser network has been launched with backing from international wealth manager deVere group. 

Almost 9 in 10 Financial Planners expect to continue to provide some form of remote advice option as video conferencing has not prevented Financial Planners from gaining new clients, according to a new report.

Net inflow of funds dropped slightly and funds under management fell by £1.3bn at wealth management giant St James’s Place in the first half of 2020.

Three in ten (31%) of Financial Planners have seen an increase in client enquiries since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to new research.