Two leading Financial Planning firms have exclusively told Financial Planning Today magazine the story behind their recently announced merger.

Bristol-based Financial Planning firm Paradigm Norton has merged with London-based Financial Planner The Red House to create a firm with 55 staff.

A former president of the Institute of Financial Planning has been elected to a leading role at the worldwide body for Financial Planners.

At its semiannual meeting in Tokyo in October, the Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), the global body responsible for international Certified Financial Planner certification outside the US, named three individuals to serve four-year terms on its board of directors, starting on 1 April 2016.