Financial Planners have been told what the regulator expects to see when dealing with so called insistent clients. Read more ...

Sixty-two failed financial firms from across the UK have been declared in default today. Read more ...

Earnings for both employed and self-employed financial advisers have "increased markedly", according to a census on industry remuneration. Read more ...

Old Mutual Wealth has attributed a 16% rise in gross sales to the "shot of adrenaline" that has been the pension reforms. Read more ...

Four advisory firms have been bought out by Financial Planning firm Attivo. Read more ...

A clear lack of available Paraplanners in the jobs market has emerged, a report has concluded.

Actuary and employee benefits company Towers Watson is warning that many defined benefit pension schemes with actuarial valuations this Spring will find that their plans to repair deficits have been blown off course. Read more ...

Architas has hired a new senior investment manager to co-manage the £770m Architas Multi-Asset Active range. Read more ...

Tilney Bestinvest, the investment and Financial Planning group, has recruited Leon Buckley from FF&P Wealth Planning as director of Financial Planning. Read more ...

Davy Private Clients UK, the Northern Ireland arm of Irish wealth manager and Financial Planning firm Davy Group, is to acquire Belfast's Graham Corry Cheevers. Read more ...