A managing director of one of the Institute of Financial Planning's corporate members has been handed a leading role at the Association of British Insurers.

New guides explaining the sweeping reforms to pensions in "plain English" have been created for advisers and retirees.

A new retail platform offering flexi-access drawdown, Isa and general investment accounts is being created by Friends Life.

Pershing has announced that it is to launch a new Sipp due to strong demand from clients.

Nearly half of financial advisers are looking at taking further qualifications in the light of the sweeping Budget reforms to savings.

The ranks of Financial Planning firms joining a campaign to raise awareness of the profession are swelling.

Sales of individually underwritten annuities at Just Retirement have plummeted by 59% over the past year.

Hargreaves Lansdown's Wealth 150 list of tipped funds has been cut to 84 funds, the lowest in the Wealth 150's history.

The under fire Money Advice Service has reported "record numbers" of users – with over ten million contacts from customers in the first half of 2014/15.

More than a third of the population have less than one months' income saved, research has suggested.