A leading thinktank says the older generation will be responsible for 63p in every £ spent by 2040 and could represent a golden business opportunity.

Helping clients hit by divorce can be a hugely challenging role for Financial Planners but one recent case tackled by an experienced Financial Planner underlined the value of good advice.

After several months in the doldrums, fund sales perked up in October with a surge in bond fund investment.

Bristol-based Financial Planning firm Paradigm Norton has set up a ‘Leadership Academy’ to train the next generation of company leaders.

A new survey has found that  34% of advised clients become less cautious about investment risk following a discussion with their adviser, compared to just 16% who become more cautious.

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell saw pre-tax profit rise by 33% to £37.7m in the year ended in September, the company reported today.

Rising private pension and property wealth fuelled a 9% rise in median household net wealth in Great Britain in the two years to March 2018, according to the latest ONS report.

The FCA, Prudential Regulation Authority and the Bank of England have jointly published plans to develop new requirements for regulated firms to ‘strengthen’ operational resilience in the financial services sector.

A total of 546 firms have admitted to errors in their MiFID II transaction reporting to the FCA since the new requirements began just under two years ago, according to a study out today.