The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Bailey Richards Wealth Management (FRN: 583487) in default.

Dronfield-based Financial Planner Belmayne is in line for an award from a regional business community for its work with local charities.

The cost of care in later life is the major concern for people aged over 55 working beyond state pension age, according to new research.

Platform and retirement provider Embark has enhanced its Embark Platform to improve service for Financial Planners and advisers.

The state pension triple lock needs to be review as part of wider focus on older workers, according to John Cridland, author of the government’s Cridland Review of State Pension Age in 2017.

The Pensions Regulator has warned that trustees failing to meet their environmental social governance (ESG) and climate change reporting duties face fines of up to £50,000.

Sheldon Mills, the FCA’s executive director of competition and consumers, today warned Financial Planning and other financial firms that haven’t taken action that the Consumer Duty “will not go away”.

Demand for retirement advice has increased because of the current economic situation and future changes to the funding of social care, according to a new report.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Atomos has appointed Sean Sims and Bruce Davison as wealth planning director and senior wealth planner at its Fareham office.

The Treasury has been urged to increase the money purchase annual allowance (MPAA) to its original £10,000 level in the forthcoming spring Budget.