Royal London has hired experienced industry executive Barry O’Dwyer to be its new group chief executive from September.

The FCA has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into events leading up to the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF).

A panel of experts discussed client capacity for loss at the CISI Paraplanner Conference this afternoon.

Delegates at the CISI Paraplanner Conference, at the Crowne Plaza hotel, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, today took part in a lively interactive session looking at Financial Planning dilemmas.

A Paraplanner explained this morning how she went from marine biology and oceanography studies to Paraplanning.

Delegates at the CISI Paraplanner Conference, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, this morning heard a detailed briefing on central retirement propositions.

Quilter has backed FCA plans to dismantle obstacles to clients shifting their platform portfolios to a competitor and is supporting a ban on exit fees to help achieve this aim.

Financial Planner Tilney has continued to expand its presence in Scotland, with a move to a new office in Edinburgh and a new senior hire.

Dorset-based IFA firm Wilcox Young has boosted its team with the appointment of independent financial adviser Steve Hover.

More than 400,000 Scots have fallen victim to a financial scam at some point in their lives, new research by Bank of Scotland and YouGov has revealed.