Increasing numbers of advice firms are actively planning to hire more staff this year, according to a report.

The cost of taking the assessment to gain a new Paraplanning standard will start at £347.

An organisation that has pledged to set up the much-discussed Paraplanner standard says it needs to be “a collaborative effort rather than a competition”.

Owners and directors of Financial Planning and Paraplanning businesses have been revealing what is on their wish lists when it comes to hiring new Paraplanners.

A new outsourced Paraplanning company has launched with the aim of “making advisers’ lives easier”.

The future of the Paraplanners Powwow has been secured, with a package of new initiatives announced for 2017.

The Paraplanners Powwow has inspired a pensions firm to create a new online Paraplanning hub designed to help them access all of the information they need quickly and easily.

A PFS board director says she has mixed views over introducing a professional standard for Paraplanners but believes the UK profession appears “far ahead” of their US and Australian counterparts.

An FCA expert who dismissed claims that due diligence is too time-consuming and too cost-prohibitive for small firms will take over from technical specialist Rory Percival.

The debate about introducing a new professional Paraplanning standard has recently intensified.