Financial Planners may still feel like they are “in the dark” about using social media in a way to avoid landing in regulatory hot water, a compliance firm says. Read more ...

Advisers will have to cough up £100m to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme – due to rising claims linked to Sipps. Read more ...

Researchers say that there has been a significant jump in the number of financial advisers using discretionary management services in the past year.

Consumers consider long term care as more important than providing an inheritance, a survey on wealth management found. Read more ...

A new independent pensions and investments advisory firm has launched today. Read more ...

LinkedIn is a critical part of a professional's online reputation and not simply a CV on a job site, Financial Planners have been told. Read more ...

Profitability per head for IFP Accredited Financial Planning Firms is roughly twice as high as that of a general advice firm, delegates heard this morning. Read more ...

AXA Wealth has unveiled a Retirement Planning calculator for advisers - the first in a series of new tools to help advisers plan for their clients' retirement. Read more ...

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Moorhouse Group Limited £159,300 for failures in relation to the oversight and control of its telephone sales. Read more ...

Transact is to open up direct investment into VCTs via its platform beginning with Octopus VCTs. Read more ...