The launch of the Junior Isa is just over a week away and firms are giving ideas of how to benefit from them.

Financial Planner Online is now live on Twitter. It can be found tweeting all the latest news including daily news alerts at @FPM_Online.

Ascentric has added 12 discretionary fund managers to its platform over the last six months.

FSA chairman Lord Turner says that the most important element in regulatory reform will be the Bank of England’s Financial Planning Committee.

A new steering group has been launched by Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban to develop ‘simple’ financial products.

The number of adviser-centric platforms will fall significantly in the next five years, according to Schroders.

L&G is calling on providers to make their products clearer after customers stated they found them too confusing.

Minutes from the latest Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 5-6 October show that members voted unanimously in favour of further quantitative easing.

The financial services industry has responded to the news that inflation has reached 5.2 per cent.

This week marks Financial Planning Week in Canada, a campaign to make Financial Planning part of Canadians’ lives.