City of London-based Financial Planning firm Helm Godfrey has hired sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) expert John Ditchfield as its new head of responsible investment.

The Investment Association has today given the go ahead for exchange traded funds (ETFs) to be included in the IA sectors from next year.

More than 600 firms have signed up in the first six weeks to support the PFS’s new Pension Transfer Gold Standard designed to improve best practice in Defined Benefit transfers.

The government has today officially launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of £236m mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance.

Analysis of government data by a Financial Planner and wealth manager has revealed that women expect to have a pension pot of £168,000 when they retire, almost £100,000 less than men.

Nearly 6 million people would be willing to pay for financial advice if it cost less, new consumer research has suggested.

Multi-national, South African-owned financial provider Old Mutual Limited (OML) has suspended its chief executive Peter Moyo.

Industry experts believe that the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May today makes a General Election and a new EU Referendum more likely.

New research has predicted a 7% fall in the number of IFAs and wealth managers by 2022, despite rising demand for financial advice.

Research for IFA network Openwork has revealed growing untapped demand for financial advice.