All working adults should be given vouchers to pay for financial advice, the PFS has told the Government.

Several thousand Financial Planners, Paraplanners and advisers are expected to attend the first Financial Planning Festival which will have a Glastonbury-style element designed to ‘entertain’ and inspire delegates.

The first in a new series of professional development events for Paraplanners has been held.

A pensions firm has called on the DWP to make broader and bolder moves on a key area in pensions.

The FCA said that over one in 10 of the 106,000 contacts it received from consumers last year were to report a financial scam and ask what the next steps were.

AXA’s multi-manager investment arm Architas is planning further expansion after announcing net new money invested last year of £1.67bn and total assets up to £24.23bn worldwide in its annual results.

A panel of industry experts has this morning expressed fears about the hidden costs for consumers of using robo-advisers.

Dentons, the Sipp provider, is yet to make a decision on whether it floats on the Aim exchange, FP Today understands.

Former Financial Planner and ex-Lloyds Bank marketing manager Laura Janes has launched a marketing agency for Financial Planning firms called Uniquity.

Woodford Investment Management is to launch the CF Woodford Income Focus Fund on 20 March with a fixed offer period from 20 March to noon on 12 April.