A former HSBC private client adviser has been snapped up by Financial Planning firm Towry.

The creation of platform hosted managed portfolio service solutions has exceeded launches with discretionary manager custody over the last five years.

Inflation has jumped to the highest level in nearly two years.

The second issue of Financial Planning Today magazine, the sister digital publication to this website, has been published and is available for free download to Financial Planners, Wealth Managers and Paraplanners.

The FCA has told Standard Life to review all non-advised annuity sales from July 2008 following a probe of the sector.

A complaint from a St. James’s Place Wealth Management client over claims of being “misled about tax benefits” has been partly upheld, with the ombudsman saying the adviser had failed to reach the right conclusion.

The Personal Finance Society has this morning officially launched a new smartphone app to help its members with information about key events.

The Government has axed plans for a secondary annuities market over fears about consumer protection in a surprise announcement late this afternoon.

Another misselling scandal has been prevented after the ticking ‘timebomb’ of annuity re-sales was defused.

Nearly 2,000 delegates are heading to The Personal Finance Society’s Financial Planning Symposiums starting next month.