The number of Certified Financial Planner professionals around the world at the end of 2019 was up 3.7% on a year earlier to a record 188,104.

Government-backed financial guidance body the Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has appointed 11 leaders tasked with transforming UK financial wellbeing over the next 10 years.

Embark Group, the diverse and expanding financial group, has restructured its pensions businesses with a new joint chief exec to run them and two senior executives leaving.

The FCA has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after admitting a data breach mistake which could have exposed the names of complainants.

Royal London Asset Management has launched the Global Sustainable Equity Fund, a new fund that will focus on ‘sustainable’ businesses around the world.

The Association of British Insurers has warned that five years on from the Pension Freedoms ‘revolution’ many pension savers are taking too much money out of their pension pot and face running out of cash.

Carey Pensions, the SIPP firm bought out last year after being hit by a major court case, has been relaunched under a new name, Options.

One of the leading auto-enrolment pension providers, NOW:Pensions has urged new Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend auto-enrolment to all workers in his first Budget next month.

The Personal Finance Society has joined forces with major education and training provider Pearson to create a new ‘pathway’ into the financial advice profession.

The latest report from platform and fund research house Fundscape has revealed that passive funds were the clear winners in 2019 fund sales in a tough year for many groups.