Pension transfer values - as measured by the XPS Pensions Group Transfer Value Index - fluctuated “mildly” during June 2018 with a small fall during the month, says the firm. 

A number of platform providers have given a broad welcome to today’s publication of the FCA’s interim market study into investment platforms which calls for a shake-up of the sector to improve competition.

The FCA says it plans to shake up the £500bn investment platform market to boost competition after concerns about how platforms compete with each other and for customers.

TISA, the savings and investments provider body, has launched the pilot phase of its project to develop a universal Digital Identity savers can use to verify themselves online to make transactions smoother.

Five thousand Financial Planners and financial advisers have shown interest in the divorce and separation market - estimated to be worth around £500m annually, according to a report from a family justice organisation.

Pension savers have been cheated out of over £51 million by investment fraudsters in the first three months of the 2018/19 tax year, new analysis of official City of London Police figures by AJ Bell has revealed.

The Sixth National Paraplanners' Powwow will see teepees back under open skies on 13 September in Aynho, Northamptonshire.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the consumer protection body, has declared eight firms in default, opening the door to consumers getting back money they have lost as a result of dealings with the failed firms.

New research has found that 1 in 5 pension savers (20%) over 50 have changed their retirement plans because of the Pension Freedoms as the retirement planning sector sees a major change in direction.

An Independent Review has cleared the Financial Ombudsman Service of being unfit for purpose following a probe by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme earlier this year.