Jenny Ryan from AAB Wealth Chartered Financial Planners is a member of committee set up by Standards International for creating a Paraplanning Standard. Here she writes about the committee’s ambitions and hopes for their project and what the latest news of progress is:

Standard Life is setting its sights on India to grow its business.

Woodford Investment Management is to launch the CF Woodford Income Focus Fund on 20 March with a fixed offer period from 20 March to noon on 12 April.

Former Financial Planner and ex-Lloyds Bank marketing manager Laura Janes has launched a marketing agency for Financial Planning firms called Uniquity.

Dentons, the Sipp provider, is yet to make a decision on whether it floats on the Aim exchange, FP Today understands.

A panel of industry experts has this morning expressed fears about the hidden costs for consumers of using robo-advisers.

AXA’s multi-manager investment arm Architas is planning further expansion after announcing net new money invested last year of £1.67bn and total assets up to £24.23bn worldwide in its annual results.

The FCA said that over one in 10 of the 106,000 contacts it received from consumers last year were to report a financial scam and ask what the next steps were.

A pensions firm has called on the DWP to make broader and bolder moves on a key area in pensions.

The first in a new series of professional development events for Paraplanners has been held.