Wealth manager Charles Stanley is set to expand its growing Financial Planning division despite the operation racking up losses of £2.7m in the past year.

The main Consumer Prices Index stayed unchanged in May at 2.4% but CPIH (CPI including owner occupiers’ housing costs) rose from 2.2% in April to 2.3%.

The CISI’s annual Paraplanner Conference is under way and has attracted more than 120 attendees.

The CISI’s annual Paraplanner Conference is under way and has attracted 100 attendees.

IFA network Bankhall has signed a deal with Paraplanning specialists The Timebank to launch a support service to help member firms “increase their advice capacity.”

A company director who ran a financial advice firm has been banned and fined £29,300 by the FCA for falsifying qualifications.

Retirees are set to bequeath rather than spend much of their accumulated wealth, new research has indicated.

A software tool designed to predict the success of long-term retirement strategies has completed a seed-funding round.

Quilter has recruited Ruth Markland as a non-executive director and senior independent director.

AJ Bell has launched a stocks and shares Lifetime ISA for clients of financial advisers via its Investcentre platform.