Government plans to raise the retirement age by up to six months per year are "flawed" but should be a "wake up call," says the head of a global financial advisory organisation.

The Institute of Financial Planning has set a target of taking membership from 2,000 to 3,500 by the end of 2016.

A Financial Planner has told fellow professionals how he came back from the dead to discover his route into Life Planning and establish his business.

The pitfalls of social media and Twitter were laid bare to Financial Planners in a special session at the IFP annual conference today.

Professor Stephen Thomas of Cass Business School said the concept of so-called 'risk parity' "all-weather" portfolios was gaining ground in the Financial Planning sector.

Alliance Trust Savings has added eight new fund providers to its platform and says that assets under management on the platform are rising rapidly. Read more ...

Hundreds of Financial Planners packed out the main hall at the IFP conference this morning to hear how their "inner pharmacy" can help improve their business and daily lives.

Openwork is to launch a training academy to attract and develop the next generation of financial advisers and combat a fall in the number of advisers overall. Read more ...

The job of Financial Planners and advisers will be to "protect people from themselves" in the new era of pensions being ushered in from April, Partnership's chief executive says.

The President of the IFP has issued a rallying call to Financial Planners to help double the number of members.