Former Milton Keynes financial adviser firm Mike Norris Financial Services (FRN 542126) has been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Insurer Aviva is buying the UK protection arm of American International Group (AIG) for £460m.

Leading Financial Planner Amyr Rocha Lima and fellow planner Ian Cooke have launched a new Financial Planning practice in Surrey and announced the acquisition of another Financial Planning firm.

The Personal Finance Society and Chartered Insurance Institute have launched a new Environmental Social Governance (ESG) short course for Financial Planners and advisers.

Former solicitor Hugh Lansdell, 74, has been jailed for four years for committing fraud by stealing almost £2million from clients' trusts and accounts.

Pensions provider Standard Life has teamed up with fintech Moneyhub to develop a commercial Pensions Dashboard.

National Financial Planning firm Fairstone has this week moved into a new flagship office HQ, formerly used as the head office of sportswear firm Nike.

It turns out, according to a new study, that Financial Planners are very much on the right lines when it comes to delivering a personal service that wealthier clients actually want.

I meet and talk to online many Financial Planners during the course of a typical month. I’m always impressed by their enthusiasm and enjoyment for what they do and also their long-term confidence that they are in the right profession at the right time.

Conferences and in-person events have become more important in these post-pandemic times and this week’s CISI Annual Financial Planning Conference was no exception.