A Financial Planner in Scotland and a trainee Financial Planner in West Yorkshire have become the first two to achieve the UK’s new highest level Financial Planning qualification.

Experienced financial regulator Ashley Alder, head of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, could be the next chief executive of the FCA, according to reports from Sky News.

The CISI has reported that 80% of candidates passed the latest CISI Level 6 Advanced Financial Planning exam which leads to the UK’s highest Financial Planning certification.

SIPP and SSAS specialist Talbot and Muir has launched a series of bespoke CPD-accredited webinars that can be tailored for individual firms of advisers and will be delivered by the firm’s business development consultants. 

Demand for financial advice rose 24% in April at global financial advisory group deVere.

Expanding Financial Planner Progeny has recruited Scottish solicitor Stuart Easton to help expand north of the border.

Acquisitive financial adviser group Tenet has acquired its fourth advice firm in the past six months, allowing the principal to retire.

The FCA has issued a scam warning about a firm called ‘My Scam Adviser’ which claims to help scammed investors recover their money.

Financial Planners are no longer using cost as the main factor when selecting platforms, according to evidence in the latest Platform Report in the current Financial Planning Today magazine.

Boutique wealth manager EQ Investors has unveiled Future Leaders Portfolios, a range of socially responsible, passive funds claiming to offer lower costs than many ESG funds.