A one-day target for finance firms to resolve customer complaints is to be abolished while premium rate charges will be banned. Read more ...

The chief executive of HSBC has taken up a key regulatory role by becoming the new chair of the FCA Practitioner Panel. Read more ...

Fines worth just under £170,000 were handed out to firms for auto-enrolment failings in the 12 months from April 2014. Read more ...

A pension advisory business has reported 11 possible pension scam companies that are appearing in Google ads or search results. Read more ...

A leading Paraplanner has called for his profession to “start shouting more widely about what we do”. Read more ...

A fourth London Paraplanners Powwow is in the offing, organisers say, as advisers were told they could learn a lot from the rapidly expanding movement. Read more ...

Bosses struggling to find Paraplanners for their firms should stop seeking an “all singing, all dancing” answer to their problem and look at appointing an apprentice, a leading Paraplanner says. Read more ...

The reasons for consumers failing to seek out a Financial Planner are to be investigated in a major global project involving the IFP.

A financial adviser was among six people arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £4 million Pay As You Earn tax evasion and money laundering fraud. Read more ...

The advent of robo-adviser style services can help draw a clearer distinction between regulated advice and Financial Planning, IFP chief executive Steve Gazzard says. Read more ...