One in four consumers over 25 (26%) say they are “not confident” about their financial situation due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by the CISI ahead of Financial Planning Week 2020.

The CISI, the professional body which runs the Certified Financial Planner qualification, says it will consider compensating victims of the cyber attack its website suffered recently.

On 2 April, I celebrated my 72nd birthday. It was a joyful day with my wife and daughters spent at our rustic New England home overlooking a pond. 

The number of Certified Financial Planner professionals around the world at the end of 2019 was up 3.7% on a year earlier to a record 188,104.