An ex-Sesame Bankhall commercial director will look to recruit more Chartered Financial Planners in his new job at adviser firm Fairey Associates.

Wrap platform Nucleus is cutting charges for clients with portfolios over £500,000 from this weekend.

The asset management sector at “worse looks like a cartel” and should not fear revealing “the real price of the services”, industry professionals say.

Ex-IFP chief Nick Cann is going to close the CISI’s Financial Planning Conference, it was revealed this afternoon.

Hundreds of Financial Planners, Paraplanners and Wealth Managers are set to attend one of the biggest Financial Planning events of the year in a few weeks - the annual CISI / IFP Financial Planning Conference.

The FCA announced a radical overhaul of the asset management sector this morning.

The FCA has been told it should regulate the fund ratings industry as some agencies admitted there were ‘conflicts’ in their business models.

The FCA says it will ‘shortly’ be launching a market study into platforms.

A self-appointed Essex ‘tax adviser’ with no financial qualifications is behind bars after he told clients how to fraudulently claim £1.5m in tax repayments.

The FCA wants to bring investment consultants
 under regulation, it was revealed this morning.