Rising numbers of people aged 55 or above are being targeted by scammers by phone, text or email, polling has suggested.

Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of investment research has been appointed to the board of Invesco Income Growth Trust.

Momentum UK has taken over the adviser solutions business of specialist wealth manager London & Capital, it was announced this morning.

A plan for Paraplanners to develop their own professional standard has moved a step closer today.

A fourth group of Paraplanners has thrown support behind efforts to develop a professional Paraplanning standard as the movement gained further momentum this week.

More than half of advisers expect to see levels of client demand for VCTs rising over the next year as a result of the pension limit restrictions, research has suggested.

Men are a lot more willing to go for a Stock and Shares ISA than women on average, analysts have suggested.

Two Chartered Financial Planners have joined an Aberdeen based Financial Planning firm.

The Chartered Insurance Institute is using major transport hubs to promote Chartered status to Financial Planners, including a new campaign on the London Underground.

There is a place for a return to commission in some form and it may help to overcome some of the imbalances in the current system, some advisers have suggested.