A young Financial Planning trainee has said he is thrilled to have won a £2,000 prize to fund a trip to the annual conference of South Africa's Financial Planning Institute in Cape Town.

Rathbone‎s and Smith & Williamson have confirmed they are in exclusive talks which may lead to merger creating a group with £50bn under advice.

The Government is to move ahead with a raft of new measures to ban pension cold calling after a growing campaign to do more to protect consumers.

A financial adviser who spent his clients' Sipp pension investments on his own “lavish lifestyle” has been sentenced to six years in prison this week.

Despite a bumpy ride for the FTSE 100 recently, more than one in four financial advisers believes that UK equities will generate the best returns for their clients over a three to five year period, according to new research.

Financial tech provider Iress is to launch what is calls “next-generation digital tools” through its XPLAN service from early 2018.

Parmenion, the adviser platform and investment service, has told users that there will be no change to the way it operates despite the merger this week between its parent company Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life.

A protection study by Aviva has uncovered that nearly one in three (31%) UK adults have had to take leave from work due to ill health, a cancer diagnosis or death in the family and 77% of these people (12.3m consumers) have seen their finances hit as a consequence.

Royal London has reported first half new life and pensions business up 45% year on year to over £6bn thanks to growth in several areas, including income drawdown, but has voiced concern about some aspects of income drawdown growth.

Aegon has recruited platform expert Alistair Welham as its new head of marketing communications to lead the company’s marketing communications strategy.