Analysis of government data by a Financial Planner and wealth manager has revealed that women expect to have a pension pot of £168,000 when they retire, almost £100,000 less than men.

The government has today officially launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of £236m mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance.

More than 600 firms have signed up in the first six weeks to support the PFS’s new Pension Transfer Gold Standard designed to improve best practice in Defined Benefit transfers.

The Investment Association has today given the go ahead for exchange traded funds (ETFs) to be included in the IA sectors from next year.

City of London-based Financial Planning firm Helm Godfrey has hired sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) expert John Ditchfield as its new head of responsible investment.

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell today reported pre-tax profits for the latest six-month period up 27% to £17.7m in its first results since floating in December.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 2.1% in April 2019, up from 1.9% in March.

The FCA has won a High Court case against a company running an unauthorised investment scheme which took £1m from investors and promised a 6% return.

Award-winning business author Robert Craven – writer of the ‘Customer is King’ book – has been signed up to speak at the next Personal Finance Society’s PowerLive event aimed at Financial Planners and advisers.

Continuum (Financial Services) LLP has boosted its presence in the North West with the recruitment of experienced IFA  Gary Charlesworth in Cumbria.