Former Institute of Financial Planning President Julie Lord writes in her latest column for Financial Planning Today magazine that planners are facing a challenge to serve an increasing number of clients aged 80 and above.

More than two out of five of advisers (44 per cent) have seen a rise in the past year in the number of insistent clients wanting to push ahead with defined benefit pension transfers despite recommendations against.

Divorces between couples aged over 65 have increased by almost 40%, according to new research released by the Office for National Statistics.

The latest issue of Financial Planning Today, our new 40-page magazine for Financial Planners and Paraplanners, is now live online to all readers.  

Nearly 100 companies have been examined by the FCA as part of its DB transfer advice investigations.

The FCA must examine Platforms’ tech because if it’s wrong it can have ‘huge’ effects, Seven Investment Management says.

A consumer watchdog wants ‘tough action’ against finance firms for “obscure or misleading” prices.

Inflation fell last month, the Office for National Statistics said this morning.

The FCA announced yesterday which areas it would be focusing on in its upcoming review of the platforms sector.

The FCA is to shine a spotlight on how platforms are influenced by their commercial relationships.