Curtis Banks Group achieved an operating profit of £1.631million and administered 67,161 Sipps in the six months to the end of June.

Sesame topped the advice firm complaints league for the first half of the year with twice as many as second placed Openwork.

There is no hiding place for businesses failing to meet the new capital adequacy rules, a Sipp firm managing director says.

The chief executive of the global body for Financial Planning and three former IFP presidents are set to address the biggest Financial Planning event in the UK.

A new last chance saloon for offshore evaders has been launched today.

A member of the Financial Advice Market Review panel has called for a rise in the £150 tax-exempt advice available for employees via their employer.

The CISI paid £366,160 to “acquire the members and intellectual property” of the Institute of Financial Planning, it was revealed today.

The 34 year-old chief executive of the Suffolk Life Group has become executive director to the main board of Curtis Banks.

The CII’s new life and pensions-focused qualification route has come into effect this week.

Magenta Financial Planning, the new firm led by ex-IFP President Julie Lord, has launched.