AXA Wealth has unveiled a Retirement Planning calculator for advisers - the first in a series of new tools to help advisers plan for their clients' retirement.

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Moorhouse Group Limited £159,300 for failures in relation to the oversight and control of its telephone sales.

Transact is to open up direct investment into VCTs via its platform beginning with Octopus VCTs.

Some Financial Planning firms have failed to inspect and take on board the detail of rules surrounding disclosure of services and charging, delegates were told today.

The Financial Conduct Authority has punished Deutsche Bank with a £227 million fine, its largest ever for LIBOR and EURIBOR-related misconduct, and part of total fines of over £1 billion imposed by UK and US regulators.

Nearly half of savers looking to plan their retirement prefer the idea of face to face advice rather than a digital solution, research by an IFP corporate member suggested.

A complaints investigation and handling service for financial advisers has been launched.

New research looking at the key factors which make IFP Accredited Financial Planning Firms stand out will be revealed tomorrow.

Merrill Lynch International has escaped a fine of nearly £19m but must still pay up a record penalty of over £13m due to transaction reporting failures.

It is "probable" that inflation will turn negative in the coming months, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has said.