It only feels like a moment ago that we entered 2016. Both personally and professionally it's been quite a year.

Pension tax relief, particularly for higher rate taxpayers, is a hugely used element in the Financial Planner’s arsenal but it’s future may well be in jeopardy along with the Treasury’s commitment to fund pension saving with generous tax benefits.

We are approaching the anniversary of the merger of the IFP and CISI so it is a good opportunity to reflect.

The debate on the value of Cashflow Modelling as part of ‘true’ Financial Planning has become a heated one, as we’ve discovered on Financial Planning Today.