The CISI and NextGen Planners are holding a series of Changefest events this autumn to encourage more young people to consider Financial Planning and fintech careers.

The State Pension gender gap has narrowed to less than £5 per week for those claiming the new state pension, new government figures show.

Single pensioners need £257,000 more than couples to achieve a comfortable living standard in retirement, according to analysis by Standard Life, part of the Phoenix Group.

Annuity and retirement specialist Just Group has reported a 154% jump in first-half profits boosted by bumper annuity sales and higher new business income.

Legal & General said its operating profit for the first half of the year was £941m, boosted by its bulk annuity business.

The annual growth in average pay including bonuses hit 8.2% in June, according to figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics.

Insurance could be used as a loop-hole to help avoid large IHT bills, according to Plymouth-based IFA firm Continuum.

Half of UK adults have or know someone who has experienced a financial scam attempt in the last 12 months, according to new research from Canada Life.

Investor confidence is back on the up as economists and investors predict that the worst of the inflationary period is behind us, according to the latest HL Investor Confidence Index.

The number of persistently underperforming funds has increased by more than a quarter in the last six months to 56, according to Bestinvest’s latest Spot the Dog report, with St James's Place dominating the list of big funds.