An extra £69m Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) bill will have to be footed by the retail pool as a result of pension transfer-related claims.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brewin Dolphin increased Financial Planning income by 17.8%, the firm’s latest figures have revealed.

Nearly one in three adults would rather get financial advice from friends and family than a professional financial adviser, according to new research by a financial advisory business.

UK Financial Planning and investment management firm Tilney has appointed a new investment director.

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), the industry body representing SIPP operators and SSAS practitioners, has today revealed Claire Trott of St James’s Place Group has been appointed as its new chairman.

Rathbones chief executive Philip Howell is set to retire early next year.

Financial Planners were recognised alongside the best and brightest of the personal finance profession at this year’s PFS awards.

Platform and SIPP operator AJ Bell is set to be valued at between £626m and £675m when it floats on the stock market in December, the company predicts.

National financial adviser LEBC Group has hit out at the Government over plans to change the way Probate is calculated.

A new international investment data firm has been created after FE joined forces with fundinfo, a provider of services for asset managers and distributors in Europe and Asia, and F2C, the Luxembourg-based business which runs fund data management platform, publiFund.