The global Financial Planning body the Financial Planning Standards Board is to hold its annual World Financial Planning Day 2018 on Wednesday 3 October.

Thursday’s sold-out Paraplanners' Powwow - the annual get-together for Paraplanners who meet  up in teepees in Northants - will feature the FCA’s Chris Hewitt as a keynote speaker.

The director of a fake binary options company who defrauded 42 victims out of £475,000 has been jailed.

The Embark Group has reported strong increases in assets under management and profits in its latest annual results.

Wealth planning and investment management firm Brown Shipley has made a double hire at its London office.

Charity-minded staff at Stockport-based Chartered Financial Planners Prest got the mixing bowls out to organise a Great British Bake Off-inspired event in aid of a children’s charity.

Zurich has announced major changes to its protection range, including a new protection platform.

A record number of people have enrolled into occupational pension schemes, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Protection products are too complicated and need a radical overhaul to improve consumer understanding and take up, the Financial Services Consumer Panel has urged.

PIMFA, which represents 1,000 UK wealth managers and and financial advisers, has appointed three new board members.