Financial Planners play a unique role in the lives of their clients for many years so, for clients, losing their planner due to retirement or business exit, can be a challenging and disconcerting time.

The FCA is to consult on ground-breaking proposals to launch capital-raising retail platforms to raise money for expanding firms.

The number of new equity release customers jumped by 12% to 5,240 in Q2 as the market recovered from a downturn last year, according to the Equity Release Council’s latest quarterly market report.