The reasons for consumers failing to seek out a Financial Planner are to be investigated in a major global project involving the IFP.
A financial adviser was among six people arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £4 million Pay As You Earn tax evasion and money laundering fraud.
Fines worth just under £170,000 were handed out to firms for auto-enrolment failings in the 12 months from April 2014.
A pension advisory business has reported 11 possible pension scam companies that are appearing in Google ads or search results.
A leading Paraplanner has called for his profession to “start shouting more widely about what we do”.
A fourth London Paraplanners Powwow is in the offing, organisers say, as advisers were told they could learn a lot from the rapidly expanding movement.
Jargon must be binned as part of an FCA shake up to simplify switching between cash savings accounts, providers have been told.
A one-day target for finance firms to resolve customer complaints is to be abolished while premium rate charges will be banned.
The chief executive of HSBC has taken up a key regulatory role by becoming the new chair of the FCA Practitioner Panel.
Robo-advice is a “tremendous asset” to planners who will all be utilising such tools in coming years, says Life Planning founder George Kinder.