Acquisitive Financial Planning group Perspective has completed its tenth acquisition of the year with the purchase of Goldwyns Wealth Management in Southend-on-Sea, Essex for an undisclosed sum.

The reversal of April’s 1.25% increase in National Insurance rates for employees and employers took effect from Sunday 6 November.

Christine Hallett founded retirement and SIPP provider Options UK (formerly Carey Pensions) in 2009 and is MD of the company, now part of STM Group. Here, the Options MD talks exclusively to Financial Planning Today about her business following the controversial Adams case, her views on the SIPP market and her plans for the future.

British workers are saving less for retirement than European counterparts with a third saying they cannot afford to put more into pension savings, according to new research.

A new survey has found that more than three in five people feel "stressed" thinking about their retirement - with the figure soaring to almost three quarters of 25–34-year-olds.

One in ten people expects to have nothing left to leave to loved ones when they die because of rising living costs, according to new research.

The State Pension could reach £220 by 2024, according to calculations from wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter based on Bank of England predictions.

Active fund managers had the chance to “easily” beat passive funds in the first half of 2022 but failed to impress, according to financial research and investment management company Morningstar.

Laura Trott MP has become the new Pensions Minister, the Department for Work and Pensions announced today.

Claims management company Samweb (UK) Limited has been stopped from carrying out regulated activities by the Financial Conduct Authority which has accused it of providing "misleading" information to consumers.