The confidence of financial services professionals in the UK’s economic prospects has risen in the past six months, according to the latest survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

The CISI’s 2021 Financial Planning Conference, one of the UK’s biggest Financial Planning events in the calendar, is set to return as a live, in-person event this year and is one of the first in-person financial events announced so far in 2021.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment’s annual Paraplanner Conference, one of the biggest events in the Paraplanning calendar, will take place this year on 19 and 20 May.

Only 20% of financial services professionals are confident that their firms are committed to ethical finance policies and ESG principles.