New research suggests that the number of people considering a career in financial advice is growing as demand for professional financial advisory staff rises.

HMRC says that a ‘record breaking’ 11.1m taxpayers beat the 31 January tax return deadline but 958,000 missed the cut off date.

Acquisitive Chartered Financial Planner HFMC Wealth has acquired London wealth manager Aspinalls.

A Scottish-based regulatory technology firm Encompass has secured a £1.97m research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise to develop a crime-busting Artificial Intelligence Platform for its financial services clients.

The CFA Institute, the global professional body for investment management professionals, has reported that 73,688 candidates took its Level I Chartered Financial Analyst exam worldwide in December with 42% passing (32,628).

Retirement and protection specialist LV= has move to a tiered charging structure on its personal pension which will favour largers sums invested.

More than eight out of 10 financial advisers say that a ban on contingent charging will hit access to DB pensions advice, according to a survey.

Fast-growing London-based financial advice firm Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has acquired its sixth firm, Chartered Financial Planners Prosper Wealth Management.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank, has recruited experienced planner Michelle Coulson as a client director for its London office.

SIPP and SSAS provider Curtis Banks has backed calls for the protection of pension tax relief in the Budget on 11 March.