The IFP’s two-day Scottish Conference will take place this year in Glasgow, a change from the usual Edinburgh location, and a packed programme has been designed to give delegates maximum flexibility.

A series of gap-filling workshops by the JP Morgan Asset Management Academy is available to book now.

The Institute of Financial Planning has re-launched its popular website with new features and a new design.

Executive chairman of Threadneedle Investments Simon Davies has announced his retirement from the firm.

Some 84 per cent of advisers do not think the re-labelling of the Investment Management Association sectors would help consumers understand risk, according to Skandia.

Towry’s head of risk and compliance left this week, days after the firm was fined £494,000 for giving misleading information to the Financial Services Authority.

Financial services firms have responded to the news that the Bank of England has announced a £75bn increase to its asset purchase programme.

The prestigious Financial Planner of the Year award has been won by Institute of Financial Planning member Matthew Hodge CFP^CM for the third consecutive year.

The Bank of England has increased the size of its asset purchase programme to £275bn.