Financial Planning business Ascot Lloyd has bought advice firm Harvard Financial Management.

A former Hargreaves Lansdown and Tilney Bestinvest adviser has been hired by Architas as its new investment director as part of moves to improve communication with clients.

About three quarters of Financial Planning professionals believe the sector is set for growth in the longer term.

More than a third (36%) of Financial Planners believe that Brexit will have a negative effective on clients, a poll for Financial Planning Today magazine has indicated.

A building society has begun offering face-to-face financial advice from today.

There is an argument for raising state pension age faster, a leading pensions expert says, as former Pensions Minister Ros Altmann called for the triple lock to be scrapped.

We must find new pathways for young talent to enter the Financial Planning profession, PFS chief executive Keith Richards says.

The £600 million deal for Tilney Bestinvest to buy Towry has been sealed, with the combined business having a total of 240 Financial Planners.

The FCA is pressing ahead with implementing new EU rules despite the Brexit vote, it announced this morning.

A Chartered Financial Planning Firm has acquired another Financial Planning business to expand its Edinburgh office.