An investor behaviour project has revealed how 'emotional wellbeing' in difficult investment periods differs between those with a Financial Planner and those without.

The professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham has appointed nine new partners across actuarial consulting, investment consulting, pension administration and IT.

The FCA has taken action to stop four Cypriot investment firms that used unauthorised celebrity endorsements from continuing to offer high risk contracts for difference (CFDs) to UK investors after a number of customers lost more than £100,000 to the schemes.

New research has shown that two in five individuals are put off accessing financial advice because they think they have too little money to be of interest to Financial Planners.

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The Financial Ombudsman Service saw a sharp drop in complaints over the past year, down nearly 117,000 to 271,468 in 2019/20, according to its annual complaints data published today.

More than two thirds of financial advisers expect business to return to usual within three months, according to a new survey.

Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen MP has said the government will support the financial services sector’s recovery by doing “whatever is needed” for a rapid pickup.

Stephen Gazard, group managing director of Quilter’s advice business, is to become chief executive of Quilter Financial Planning, replacing Andy Thompson who will leave later this month.

The FCA has today launched a survey of 13,000 regulated firms to assess how their ‘financial resilience’ may have been affected by the Coronavirus outbreak.