A finance firm has urged the financial services sector to introduce compulsory flexible working hours to attract and retain more women.

Professional advisers are increasingly being overlooked by the over 50s as they turn to the internet instead, a new report suggests.

Paraplanners are predicting more takeover deals in the platforms sector, following the recent sale of Cofunds by L&G to Aegon for £140m.

Men aged 65 are the most likely victims of investment fraud, police have warned.

A new government body offering money and pensions guidance and debt advice to consumers is to be set up to provide a one-stop source for personal finance advice.

The founder of Acumen Financial Planning has described the “huge honour” of being named Accredited Financial Planning Firm of the Year.

The Personal Finance Society has welcomed more than 400 new Chartered, Associate and Fellow members to its ranks.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments is to seek a more “level playing field” with the PFS’s rival Chartered Financial Planner qualification.

Two Financial Planning awards were axed because entries “weren’t that good” in one category, while the other lacked a single candidate.

Advisers are demanding an end to the current system of paying for the FSCS and being saddled with “disproportionately huge” fees when they have a clean record on complaints.