Openwork is to launch a training academy to attract and develop the next generation of financial advisers and combat a fall in the number of advisers overall.

The job of Financial Planners and advisers will be to "protect people from themselves" in the new era of pensions being ushered in from April, Partnership's chief executive says.

The President of the IFP has issued a rallying call to Financial Planners to help double the number of members.

Leading experts have been speaking about platform due diligence and telling Financial Planners how they can keep on top of compliance at a session this afternoon at the IFP conference.

Following the IFP membership election which took place over the summer months, the names of the three CFP professionals chosen from six candidates standing for election were announced at the IFP Annual General Meeting today.

Financial Planners have been told how they can build their practice through philanthropy.

There is a "massive Financial Planning gap" in the UK, the IFP's chief executive said this afternoon as he officially opened the IFP annual conference.

The way to build up a base of completely satisfied clients by strengthening trust and loyalty was imparted to Financial Planners in the first key note speech of the 2014 IFP conference this afternoon.

A new documentary about retirement filmed by a Financial Planer is being screened for the first time this morning.

The UK's financial services firms saw strong growth in business volumes in the three months to September, with profits rebounding and hiring on the up, according to the 100th CBI/PwC survey of the sector, out today.