Over 750,000 people think they will never be able to retire due to insufficient Financial Planning, according to Standard Life.

Suffolk Life has added Skandia Investment Solution to its SmartSipp due to adviser demand.

Some 65 per cent of investors say they would stop using a financial adviser if they began charging by the hour, according to Legal and General.

The Investment Management Association has seen the lowest fund sales since October 2008.

Sales on the AXA Elevate platform rose by 87 per cent in the third quarter to £1.1bn.

Ahead of Financial Planning Week in November, four IFP member firms have already begun come up with their own ideas.

Poor Financial Planning is leaving women at risk in the future, according to HSBC.

Members of the Financial Planning Standards Board will be meeting in Washington DC next week to discuss the future of Financial Planning.

The IFP's two-day Scottish Conference was opened at the Marriott Glasgow today (14 Nov).

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The head of Financial Planning and premier banking at HSBC, Paul Stanley, has quit the firm.