PIMFA, which represents around 1,000 UK wealth managers and and financial advisers, has welcomed the FCA’s decision to further investigate industry concerns about the operation of the PRIIPs regime since its implementation in January.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published final rules and guidance from its consultation on improving the quality of pension transfer advice.

Financial Planning and wealth management firm Quilter has announced a number of changes to its executive committee.

Advisers risk losing clients if they fail to acknowledge and factor in their environmental, social and governance (ESG) preferences, according to an asset management firm.

Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey’s recent backing for the pensions dashboard, in her speech at the Conservative Party Conference this week, brought relief to the profession.

Brexit uncertainty is “biting hard” on banks and investment managers with optimism in the financial services sector falling sharply in the quarter to September.

The CII and PFS are opening a new office in Dubai to cover the Middle East and Africa in response to “growing demand from the region for the raising of professional standards.”

Two firms of Chartered Financial Planners in East Anglia - Smith & Pinching and Almary Green - are to merge, creating a business with 125 staff.

A panel of expert Financial Planners answered questions posed by mystery delegates at the CISI Annual Financial Planning Conference in Birmingham this afternoon.

FCA chairman Charles Randell has warned that the regulator will resist any calls for excessive financial de-regulation as Brexit looms and memories of the last financial crisis in 2008 fade.