The PFS annual conference on Thursday aims to provide professionals with the knowhow they need to “futureproof” their firms.

The FCA is to ban the ‘mass marketing’ of speculative mini-bonds following the recent debacle which saw mini-bond provider London Capital & Finance go bust earlier this year owing £236m to 14,000 bondholders.

A Chartered Financial Planner is lucky to be alive after undergoing life-saving treatment following heart complications. 

A Sheffield financial advisor who stole more than £600,000 from his own family members to fund a life of luxury has been jailed for over six years.

Consulting firm Mercer has announced the appointment of Steve Sands as leader of its UK Financial Planning Business.

The Labour Party has pledged to spend £58bn compensating so-called WASPI women up to £31,000 each.

The CII’s Insuring Women’s Futures initiative has unveiled a list of measures it says the Government, regulators, financial services providers, guidance services, financial advisers and employers must adopt to end female pensioner poverty.

The Conservative Party launched its manifesto yesterday in the marginal seat of Telford with the 64-page document including a number of pensions pledges.

Industry reaction to the Conservative Party’s manifesto - published on Sunday - has been muted with few expecting radical change for pensions.

Brooks Macdonald has snapped up Edinburgh-based firm Cornelian Asset Managers in a £39m deal.