Hargreaves Lansdown has commented on revelations that 129 footballers are being investigated by HMRC over tax avoidance schemes, saying there are better ways to avoid paying tax. 

Platforms have come under fire for ‘poor service’ and failing to deliver the services they claim to offer.

A Paraplanning boss has detailed how she dealt with a client who faced the “very rare” circumstances of four defined benefit pensions alongside personal pensions and lifetime allowance tax issues.

Talbot and Muir, SIPP and SSAS firm, was celebrating its 25th anniversary as assets under administration exceeded £2.5bn. 

There has been a big jump in demand for retirement advice on transfers from Defined Benefit schemes since pension freedoms took effect, newly released figures have shown.

AFH Group has launched a takeover of two firms totalling an outlay of £1.2m.

The FCA’s remit should be extended to improving people’s long-term financial well-being, Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of policy says.

Chartered Financial Planning firm Fairstone has announced that it has signed up two advisory firms to its downstream buy out programme.

New research painted a “worrying” picture of the nation’s personal finances, revealing that that over a third of adults are currently not saving anything whatsoever towards their retirement.

The FCA’s chief executive has reiterated “extreme concerns” over DB pension transfer advice.