Forget whatever Arnold Schwarzenegger may say, robots will not be replacing you, Financial Planners were told at the IFP annual conference this morning. Read more ...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has appointed a new head of UK retail sales from fund manager Jupiter. Read more ...

Research has found that nearly half of UK employers are concerned about older workers deferring retirement due to inadequate retirement savings. Read more ...

Partnership chief executive Steve Groves has forecast that the new pension freedoms will eventually be curtailed. Read more ...

Former IFP President Julie Lord FIFP CFP^CM, who recently became a director of Prestwood Software, is to be a special guest speaker at a series of Prestwood seminars. Read more ...

The FCA and Prudential Regulation Authority have published new rules on whistleblowing this morning. Read more ...

Old Mutual Wealth and Intrinsic are to launch a national Financial Planning firm with 10 offices and 250 advisers. It will be called Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers. Read more ...

Standard Life is urging the Government to introduce an incentive-led pensions regime rather than one based on the current system of tax relief. Read more ...

St James’s Place Wealth Management is to expand its Academy programme to Edinburgh.

The government must invest more to educate consumers about long-term saving and investment if it wants the population to retire comfortably, the Wealth Management Association (WMA) has warned. Read more ...