An investment management firm has expanded its Financial Planning team because of "increased appetite for high quality expertise" among consumers.

Over 60% of advisers expect to increase outsourcing of investment management in the next 12 months due to the pension reforms, according to a new survey.

Four investment firms and three life and pensions companies have been declared in default by the FSCS this morning.

A jailed ex-president of the Association of Taxation Technicians who was imprisoned for a major pension scheme tax fraud has been told to pay back £5.1 million – or face another decade behind bars.

A pensions provider has been told to compensate a client with £1,425 for "protracted and significant annoyance and distress".

Platforms have failed to remain profitable in 2013 according to newly published analysis.

Demand from employers has created a "new breed" of advisers who are experts in automatic enrolment, the National Employment Savings Trust says, two years on from the scheme's introduction.

The first ever CFPCM professional of the year was announced at the IFP annual conference gala last night.

The Institute of Financial Planning has delivered its verdict on its top Paraplanner for 2014.

One of the IFP's most prestigious awards, which is dedicated to a former Chairman and President, has a new winner.