Cazenove has announced a series of roadshows in association with Henderson, Skandia and Thames River.

Some £215m has been paid out by banks in payment protection insurance compensation for the first half of 2011, according to the Financial Services Authority.

Pensioners are being urged to seek financial advice after Prudential found that inflation could cause them to lose nearly 60 per cent of their pension.

Hargreaves Lansdown increased its assets under administration by 41 per cent in the year ending 30 June 2011.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has revealed the fees it receives from fund management groups.

Financial Planning and accountancy firm Old Mill has set up a training programme for aspiring Financial Planners.

Tenet, an adviser support group, is offering its clients interest-free funding to help with meeting the costs for QCF Level 4 qualification.

AXA has reported a rise in the number of people seeking financial advice for the second quarter of 2011.

Financial Planner Online is now live on the social media service Twitter. From now on the site will be tweeting all the latest Financial Planning news at @FPM_Online.

A bogus financial adviser who used QROPS pension schemes to manipulate his ‘clients’ pension funds to avoid paying tax has been jailed.