Speaking with Financial Planning Today editor Kevin O’Donnell regarding the potential content for this column, things going on in my own business are always “hot topics” and fees and charges are one current issue.

There has been a lot of coverage in the financial media lately about the FCA’s plans for changes on Defined Benefit (DB) transfer advice.

Leading Financial Planners say that the Conservatives recently dwindling fortunes in the polls meant that the election result was far from the shock some experts have said and that a Conservative-led coalition remains likely to try to push through current financial reforms as best it can.

In late 2015 we made the decision to rebrand our business Jane Smith Financial Planning.