The future of the Sesame Bankhall Financial Adviser School has been secured after Intrinsic sealed a deal to take it over.

A director whose misconduct contributed to the failure of several insurance schemes and led to FSCS compensation pay outs of £12.7m has been fined £1m and agreed to pay £13m to insurers.

Speculation that Tilney is involved in a process for a £700m takeover of Towry is wrong, Financial Planning Today understands.

About 45% of financial advisers might back a return to commission for some investment products, a survey has suggested.

eVestor, the new online investment advice business, has appointed a new technical development director to deliver the firm's new online and app based propositions.

One of Aberdeen Asset Management’s most senior bosses is set to take over the reins at M&G Investments after the retirement of its chief executive.

An ‘unprecedented’ increase in activity from auto-enrolment has sparked a 66% rise in profits for a national advisory group.

A Financial Planner believes that artificial intelligence can replace human advisers and will do so - to a certain degree.

Newly released HMRC figures have shown that 2,795 companies raised a total of £1,563 million of funds under the EIS scheme in 2013-14.

A report into whether the population is prepared for retirement has found a slight increase in the proportion of women who are ‘on track’.