Fast-growing Financial Planning group Kingswood has hired Jessica McGuigan from Schroders Personal Wealth as the firm commits to increasing its number of female advisers from 15% to 25% this year.

Paraplanners are feeling increasing appreciated by the advisers they work with, according to a new report from platform Embark.

Male Paraplanners are over four times more likely to want to become financial advisers than female Paraplanners, according to new research.

The two day Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment’s Annual Paraplanner Conference is getting under way today.