The Financial Planning Standards Board, the international Certified Financial Planner standards body, is aiming to have 250,000 CFP holders by 2025 - an increase of 62,000 over the next five years.

Two of the world’s biggest financial businesses are to combine with Aon buying rival Willis Towers Watson for £23bn.

Women are facing retirement with pension pots up to 50% less than men in some UK regions and an average pension gap of 39%, according to a new study.

Defined benefit pension transfer values rose in February with Coronavirus fears spurring the rise, according to the XPS Transfer Watch Index, a monthly study of transfer values.

The takeover of acquisitive Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Harwood Wealth by global private equity firm Carlyle has been completed today.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today launched a review of how data and advanced analytics are being used in wholesale financial markets.

Pension savers are more likely to have a pension than 10 years ago but more are expecting to retire later than their parents’ generation.

Adviser network Openwork and insurer LV= are two of the latest companies to commit to a CII-backed campaign to improve the financial lives of women.

AFH, the Financial Planning-led wealth manager, is set to return to its strategy of acquisition after taking a break to consolidate rapid expansion in recent years.

The Trades Union Congress, the union umbrella body, says auto-enrolment must be extended to all employees to avoid “injustice.”