Female representation in financial firms is beginning to rise as the Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter begins to have an impact.

Many platform providers and experts have welcomed the FCA’s potential ban on platform exit fees but some have warned that a level playing field is needed to ensure platforms are not disadvantaged.

Financial Planner David Woan has joined the growing team at Dorset-based IFA Wilcox Young, marking the firm’s second new hire this year so far.

Platform exit fees could be axed by the Financial Conduct Authority to improve competition and make it easier for investors to switch platform.

The improvements in public finances make it less likely the Chancellor will be forced to raid pensions in the autumn, believes former Pensions Minister and Royal London director of policy Steve Webb.

Brexit could be followed by significant change to financial services regulation in the UK, Chancellor Philip Hammond indicated today in his Spring Statement.

Chancellor Philip Hammond said at the start of his Spring Statement in the Commons today that he would provide a Written Ministerial Statement providing more details of his announcements. Here is the statement in full:

Chancellor Philip Hammond today forecast lower GDP growth this year of 1.2% - significantly down on the 1.6% he forecast last autumn.

Cash is still king of the ISA pack 20 years after the tax free accounts were introduced.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Rowan Dartington, part of St James’s Place, has hired David Hobbs, managing director at Aegon Investments, as its new CEO subject to regulatory approval.