A new online planning tool designed to create a “simple picture of pension savers’ options” has been launched. Read more ...

A Devon based Financial Planning business has been snapped in a £2.85m deal. Read more ...

A financial adviser whose firm specialises in serving military clients is set to launch his own robo-advice business this month and says he is not afraid of competition from the big boys. Read more ...

The Bank of England has left its Bank Rate unchanged at half a per cent and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion - extending the record period of stability for another month. Read more ...

A proposed IFP merger with the Charterted Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) would enable “greater promotion of Financial Planning as a profession”, the IFP said today.

The IFP is today sending to members a proposal to merge with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI). Read more ...

The CISI has set out its vision of the benefits of a proposed merger with the IFP, saying it would provide “an even greater presence in the Financial Planning sector”. Read more ...

Two in five Citizens Advice pensions staff have seen people targeted repeatedly with pension scams. Read more ...

A thirteen strong cycling team from a Financial Planning firm have collected nearly £8,000 to help poor, orphaned, and disaster affected children by riding 300 miles from Paris. Read more ...

Radical reforms to pensions that enable them to be taxed like ISAs appear to have won public support. Read more ...