Wealth Manager Charles Stanley has reported a 13% rise in Financial Planning revenues for the year ending 31 March although overall revenues dipped by 1%.

The average professional indemnity premium paid by Financial Planning firms has risen to 2.3% of average regulated revenue in 2019, according to the FCA’s retail intermediary market data released today.

Investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown has warned that its FSCS levy could nearly double in the coming year from £6.8m to £13m.

HMRC is to end the automatic sending of paper Self Assessment returns to encourage more people to file online in a bit shift toward digital filing.