Bestinvest founder John Spiers is planning to offer both a full Financial Planning service and a low-cost 'direct to consumer' offering in a new business venture.

Investec has today launched the Investec Mid-Market Index (Investec MMI), a new indicator of the size, health and performance of the UK's mid-market.

The chief executive of the Institute of Financial Planning has revealed more details to Financial Planner Online about its ambitions to increase its members by 1,500.

An investment firm has praised the IFP conference for giving a boost to the profile of ETFs.

Both companies at the centre of a reported £650m takeover bid this morning have refused to comment on the speculation.

Two directors of a wealth management company have been fined and banned by The Financial Conduct Authority for "serious failings in relation to the protection of client money".

The Bank of England has kept the Bank Rate at 0.5% for another month, it announced today.

The former head of the Personal Investment Authority has been made chairman of a new body tasked with promoting high standards in the banking sector.

The IFP annual conference has been hailed as a success as the curtain closed this lunch time on the event at Celtic Manor in Wales.

An entrepreneur whose business life was launched by boxer Chris Eubank when she was aged 20 has told the IFP annual conference that planners should do less but focus on the important things to improve their companies.