The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared 10 financial firms in default in April and May, including several financial advisers.

Quilter Financial Planning chair Chris Samuel has been appointed a non-executive director of the main company’s board with effect from 1 July.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to order "significantly" higher standards at some 'host' Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) where it has identified weaknesses.

A Leicester woman has been sentenced to two years in prison after stealing a pensioner’s life savings after falsely promising to repay it when she inherited a £3.5m trust fund that did not exist.

Over three-quarters (78%) of Financial Planners expect more of their clients will look to equity release to support their retirement income needs over the next year, according to a new report.

Around four in ten people retire with no Financial Planning according to a new report.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pension guidance consultation is too skewed to promotion Pension Wise and risks detracting from Financial Planners who may better serve customers, according to pension and investment providers.

Yorkshire-based Financial Planning firm James Financial has rebranded as Lairgate Financial, named after the historic Georgian building the firm has recently agreed to purchase.

London Capital & Finance (LCF) investors have hired a legal firm to bring a formal complaint against the Financial Conduct Authority.

The Chartered Body Alliance, the partnership of three professionals bodies with a combined membership of 200,000, has launched its first joint qualification, a Certificate in Climate Risk.