Financial adviser firm Chase de Vere has hired ex-Scottish Widows and Prudential manager Darren Fletcher to be senior manager in its Birmingham office.

Over the next 10 weeks more than 2,000 Financial Planners, Paraplanners and Wealth Managers will be attending the annual conferences of the two main professional bodies for planners, the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Pensions and employee benefit consultancy Quantum Advisory has appointed industry veteran and Financial Planning-qualified Julian Fox as a principal consultant, writes Cormac Sibley.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has appointed of a new president for its Birmingham committee, who hopes to give Financial Planners a stronger voice.