Employers are increasingly turning to Financial Planners to arrange group deals for their staff to get advice about their pensions, an investment company has found. Read more ...

A Financial Planner who wanted to bring Financial Planning to the masses says he has been overwhelmed by the impact of his podcasting show, which has now been downloaded over 350,000 times. Read more ...

With the consultation on the IFP's proposed merger with the CISI well under way, the IFP has collated eight of the most frequently-asked questions from members. Read more ...

Gary Neville, the former Manchester United player, has been named as the star guest at an AJ Bell conference. Read more ...

The total number of ISA accounts in Britain is set to rise by nearly 600,000 this year, according to a report, which says the market is expected to stabilise after a significant drop in 2013-14. Read more ...

A Financial Planning lecturer believes momentum is growing for a joined up financial literacy education programme which could include A-Levels. Read more ...

Teenagers at GCSE level age should spend more of their school time being taught basic Financial Planning, a CFP professional has suggested, as youngsters pick up their GCSE exam results this morning. Read more ...

A pensions expert says she has been disturbed to discover the new freedoms may be working to the detriment of many retirees as they take out their cash and stash it in savings accounts, suffering a tax hit as a consequence.

Details on dividend tax credit changes provided by HMRC are ‘misleading’, an accountancy firm has claimed. Read more ...

Six years in jail looms for a former financial advisor who stole over £356,000 from four elderly and vulnerable people, including one with cerebral palsy, the Crown Prosecution Service has reported. Read more ...