Finance firms are failing to properly record and supervise their staff’s activity on websites like Twitter and LinkedIn despite new FCA guidelines, a study concluded. Read more ...

The Paraplanning profession has a “huge mountain to climb” and must start targeting students taking degrees in subjects such as history and geography in order to attract more fresh blood, a leading Paraplanner says. Read more ...

Offshore tax evaders and the professionals who enable tax evasion will face even tougher sanctions, it was announced this morning. Read more ...

The involvement of the FCA in the national Paraplanners Powwow shows what an influential event it has become, its founder says. Read more ...

Savers took out £800m worth in payments from income drawdown policies in 170,000 withdrawals in the first two months after the pension reforms kicked in. Read more ...

The FCA fined firms and individuals over £1bn for market integrity breaches last year, new analysis shows. Read more ...

An IFP corporate member has estimated that 8 out of 10 requests it receives for overseas pension transfers are scams to defraud savers out of their pension. Read more ...

Inflation has fallen flat again, dropping to 0% after a slight rise the previous month. Read more ...

Tax facts are to be taught at secondary school through a series of new animated films produced by HM Revenue and Customs. Read more ...

A pensions firm says the Government must seize the “once in a generation opportunity” to scrap pension tax relief and simplify the system. Read more ...