Former HBFS Financial Services managing director Freddy David has been charged with fraud offences today at Bishopsgate Police Station, in the City of London.

Defaqto has launched a new tool aimed at Financial Planners and advisers.

The Financial Planning arm of Rathbones has expanded with the acquisition, this morning, of Scottish wealth manager Speirs & Jeffrey, in a £104m deal.

The Government should create a new, single authority with the power to punish negligent directors, according to the Investment Association.

The Personal Finance Society has issued an updated good practice guide covering transfers from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes as it warned against bad practice harming the profession.

Financial Planning Today website and magazine is offering you the chance to win one of five £50 M&S gift vouchers by taking part in our 2018 reader survey on the State of the Financial Planning Profession. 

Paraplanners heard detailed technical advice on dealing with pensions in divorce cases at the CISI Paraplanner Conference in Hinckley this afternoon.

New research suggests that client referrals are the top way to find new HNW clients with 35.7% sourced through this channel globally.

The CISI’s annual Paraplanner Conference heard this morning how Paraplanning can change lives.

 The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has appointed leading Financial Planner Keith Churchouse CFP Chartered FCSI as President of the CISI’s Southern branch.