Pension transfer values as measured by the XPS Pensions Group Transfer Value Index increased “substantially” during March, the firm has said.

Financial Planner Quilter has agreed a deal to acquire adviser network Lighthouse in a £46.2m deal.

Three quarters of consumers (73%) want a financial adviser to help them ‘predict’ how major life moments could affect their finances.

The latest issue of Financial Planning Today features an extended look at the platform sector, including the mixed picture of the last year and the monumental change it has undergone.

Experts have cautiously backed a new regulation regime which will see the FCA oversee claims management companies (CMCs), so called ‘ambulance chasers’, but say there is no time for complacency.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) and Aviva today revealed a £5m investment in new technology start-up firm Acre Software.

Worried retirees have revealed their fears as the fourth anniversary of pension freedoms approaches.

Figures from investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown have revealed that UK funds are becoming more popular with last minute ISA investors as the end of the tax year looms this week.

The FCA is to launch a probe into the collapse of mini-bond firm London Capital and Finance (LCF).

The FCA began regulating the claims management industry from today.