The Money Advice Service’s adviser directory will allow advisers to detail their specialisms to potential clients in more depth as part of an upgrade to the service. Read more ...

IFP corporate members Just Retirement and Partnership have announced this morning they are to merge. Read more ...

The chief executive of Axa Wealth led a five strong team of cyclists in a 300 mile cycle journey across Europe to raise enough cash for a new ambulance and a midwife for a year for people living in a rural part of India. Read more ...

The former chief executive of Catalyst has failed in to overturn a ban and £450,000 fine. Read more ...

The cost of care is becoming more than the average pension pot is worth, researchers have warned. Read more ...

The failure of Financial Planning and Life Planning to command the advice sector in the way the iPhone has dominated the mobile phone market is explored in a new book by George Kinder. Read more ...

On the day that A-Level students up and down the country find out their exam results, a new £400,000 scheme has been launched to educate kids about money.

Scammers are using “sophisticated liberation models” to trick savers into handing over their pension funds, HMRC has warned. Read more ...

Face to face meetings between IFP members and the board about a proposed merger with the CISI begin taking place from Monday. Read more ...

An advice firm which specialises in financial education has been bought out for £50m. Read more ...