UK consumers are twice as likely to play the lottery than they are to speak to a financial adviser to try to improve their finances, according to a new study.

Over a third (35%) of Britons have never reviewed their retirement plans and 29% fear they will be short of money when they retire, according to new research.

This year, at least since March for obvious reasons, has been a wipe-out for Financial Planner events culminating in the postponement of the Personal Finance Society’s much-anticipated Festival of Financial Planning.

We were treated to some astonishing figures from the FCA this week as it attempts to grapple with the huge growth in people buying cryptoassets.