Quilter Investors has promoted Dean Bowden to managing director of the multi-asset business.

Technology and the pace of change was moving at an ever faster pace but Financial Planners and Wealth Managers who focus on the human touch would continue to be in demand for many years, one of the country's leading 'futurologists' Matthew Griffin told the PFS Annual Conference today.

PFS membership has reached 40,000 with strong growth over the past seven years, CEO Keith Richards revealed today at 'Futureproof' - the PFS's Annual Financial Planning Conference taking place at the ICC Birmingham.