Financial adviser numbers have risen by 1,400 (4%) since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR), ending years of decline.

There’s been much written over the past couple of days about a survey and report, compiled by CoreData, into the impact of Covid-19. 

There is no doubt this will be a year of change for the qualifications undertaken by Financial Planners and Paraplanners, as this edited feature from the latest issue of Financial Planning Today magazine reveals.

The FCA has launched a review of the advice market, revealing a number concerns as one of the reasons for the action.