The FCA has rejected calls from MPs on the influential Treasury Committee to make financial inclusion a key part of regulation.

Two advice firms have been declared failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme this week, including a Financial Planning firm which has 25 pension transfer claims against it, including BSPS cases.

Adviser platform Parmenion is to acquire Chartered Planner-run investment firm EBI Portfolios for an undisclosed sum.  

The cost of living crisis has resulted in half of 18–34 year olds reducing or halting regular savings, according to a new survey.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has hired Sam Whatsize as a Financial Planner to spur the firm’s continued expansion in the East Midlands.  

Pension transfer adviser Better Retirement Group Ltd, a firm which has used nearly 40 trading names, has today been placed under investigation by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The Financial Planning profession has paid tribute to The Queen who died yesterday at 96 at her summer home in Balmoral, Scotland.

Cashflow modelling software provider CashCalc and the new Morningstar-owned platform Wealthcraft, formerly Premium, have launched two way integration via an API to improve connectivity and save Financial Planners time.

The Personal Finance Society, the professional body for Chartered Financial Planners, has revealed more details of the programme for its upcoming PFS Festival of Financial Planning, one of the UK's biggest Financial Planning events.

Women are, on average, working for nearly four additional years before exiting the labour market compared to the counterparts in the mid-nineties, new statistics from the ONS revealed this week.