ISA interest rates are as low as 0.05% among 32 mainstream providers, a probe has shown, as new rules come into force today.

The average age of mums and dads in England and Wales has risen by almost 4 years over the last 4 decades, according to new analysis.

Cashflow modelling has been included among the key competencies required of trainee advisers entering a new national Government apprenticeship scheme.

DB transfers and critical yields are set to be one of the hot topics in Paraplanning for 2017.

The latest key information for Financial Planners on DFMs has been released in a new directory.

In the six months after the launch of the new State Pension in April more than 1.5 million personal State Pension forecasts were issued, says the Department for Work and Pensions.

Ratings agency Moody’s has warned that the FCA’s review of the value of active fund management could hit fund managers profits if major reform takes place.

The discretionary investment manager PortfolioMetrix has begun a ‘strategic partnership’ with platform Praemium which will combine PortfolioMetrix’s investment planning tools and Premium’s suite of investment platform services.

The financial services sector’s confidence in the UK’s economic prospects has slipped to its lowest level since 2012, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Research of the fund management sector has found that the number of female fund managers in the UK has remained at 13% - the same as in 2008.