Data provider FE has today launched the FE Analytics+ Reduction in Yield (RIY) Calculator, a new tool that offers a simpler way of assessing the impact of costs on future returns.

New research from a financial provider has found that more consumers are seeking financial advice but the numbers overall remain low with nine out of 10 consumers shunning advice.

A financial services consultancy says that figures in its Q1 2018 Platform Market Scorecard (PMS) suggest that the recent boom in pension transfers since the Pension Freedoms in 2015 may be nearing an end.

Crimes including illegal drug possession, fraud, insider dealing and theft saw seven people barred from the FCA’s register over the last year.

The volume of Defined Benefit (DB) pension transfers doubled to £21bn last year, newly-revealed figures have shown.

The FCA has today revealed its expectations for robo-advice firms and warned it will act against ‘harmful’ practices.

TISA, the investments and savings membership organisation, has announced two new board members including one from Quilter.

The man now in charge of sex offender adviser Frank Cochran’s firm FSC has said the company is “carrying on great guns” and it is business as usual despite the upheaval.

Financial advisory firm AFH - founded by Chartered Financial Planner Alan Hudson - has acquired the financial advice arm of a Nottingham law firm.

The PFS will stage its PowerLive event next month.