Total advised customers at platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell rose 8% year-on-year in the quarter ending 31 December, according to a trading update today.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Michelle Ostermann as its new CEO from 1 April.

Two convicted 'pension liberation' fraudsters have been ordered to hand over the majority of their assets after a Proceeds of Crime investigation by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

A group of industry campaigners has called on Financial Planners to estimate the cost of relying on hard copy Letters of Authority (LOA).

Half of workers in the UK (49%) plan to work beyond State Pension age, with the average person now expecting to push back retirement to 72.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter has appointed Craig Ross as head of adviser propositions.

United Arab Emirates-headquartered wealth adviser GSB Capital has become the first international firm to achieve CISI Chartered Firm status.

Wealth manager Brooks Macdonald has completed major organisational changes, cutting full year costs by about £4m, according to a trading update today.

The 12 month rate of CPI inflation increased by a surprise 0.1% in December to 4% despite experts predicting a fall to 3.8%.

The World Economic Foundation has projected that average retirement ages in OECD countries, including the UK, will need to increase by an estimated 8.4 years by 2050 to maintain the current balance between working-age and non-working-age populations.