Insurance industry veteran John Hastings-Bass will replace founding chairman Chris Gibson-Smith at retirement specialist Just Group.

Nine in ten Financial Planners are now using some form of video communication technology, in comparison to less than 46% a year ago who expected to use it more in the future, according to our Financial Planning Profession Survey.

Two in five (40%) of people aged 18 to 34 have stopped (12%) or reduced (28%) pension contributions as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

The UK economy has officially entered recession with two straight quarters of economic decline for the first time in 11 years, according to official Government GDP figures.

The City of London Police have recovered £3m from a former Hertfordshire-based HBFS Financial Services boss who was found guilty of running a Ponzi-scheme in 2018.

The Personal Finance Society has launched an Associate Firm membership for Financial Planning firms that want to show their alignment to the professional standards and code of ethics set by the professional body.

Today’s Office of National Statistics figures on the UK labour market showed it is the youngest and the oldest in the workforce who are most likely to have been made redundant as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of the deVere Group, has warned Financial Planners and their clients to prepare for the potential fallout from the upcoming US elections.

In its half year results, Quilter has doubled the funds it has put aside for redress for DB pension transfers that were undertaken by Lighthouse prior to its acquisition by the wealth manager and financial planner.

The High Court has ordered illegal pension introducers Avacade, Alexandra Associates to pay over £10.7m in compensation to consumers along with an additional £6.7m from their directors.