Defaqto has forecast outsourcing is becoming an attractive proposition for advisers following research that 42 per cent of platform users already outsource their investment process.

According to the Wall St Journal, Financial Planner is the fifth best job for 2012.

Early-bird discount tickets are currently available for the Institute of Financial Planning annual conference.

The Financial Services Authority has said there is still ‘no fixed date’ for the latest platform paper, following previous delays.

The Financial Services Authority has recommended projection rates are revised downwards.

Customers are finding financial products complex but are still unwilling to use a financial adviser, according to Ernst and Young.

Ernst and Young has forecast that advisers have failed to consider the changes to their value proposition and business models post-RDR.

HM Treasury has postponed its proposed changes to the limits on Venture Capital Trusts following concerns from the Association of Investment Companies.

The Financial Services Authority has written a guide for consumers on how the RDR will change financial advice.

The Bank of England has maintained the base rate at 0.5 per cent and kept the size of the asset purchase programme at £325bn.