Cash Isas have provided dismal returns in four of the past seven years after inflation is taken into account, according to a survey.

The Financial Planning Standards Board, owner of the international CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification programme outside the United States, is seeking papers from the global academic community for the first annual Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines.

Innovative fintech companies in Australia and the United Kingdom will have more support from regulators to enter the others’ market in what's being called a "world-first" agreement by regulators.