In today’s Autumn Statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced substantial cuts to the Capital Gains tax-free allowance.

This morning Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his first Autumn Statement in the House of Commons, unveiling a range of spending cuts and tax rises.

In this exclusive Q&A with Financial Planning Today, Don MacIntyre, the new interim CEO of the Personal Finance Society (PFS), talks to editor Kevin O’Donnell about the recent Festival of Financial Planning, his plans to restore confidence in the body and the road ahead.

The Financial Ombudsman Service is to move ahead with plans to charge more for different types of cases in a major fee shake up.

National adviser firm Continuum, which is set to be acquired by M&G Wealth, has recruited experienced Financial Planner Stephen Straker.

Only one in four (26%) of Financial Planners think that the Personal Finance Society (PFS) is performing well for the profession, according to our latest Financial Planning profession reader survey.

In this exclusive Guest Column for Financial Planning Today, Matthew Connell, director of policy and public affairs at the Personal Finance Society, looks at client compensation and asks whether advisers are being penalised.

Former HSBC global head of strategy Chirantan Barua has been appointed as the new CEO of insurance, pensions and investments provider Scottish Widows.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has hosted its first in-person graduation ceremony since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic with more than 330 attending the event.

All FCA-regulated firms should, by now, have put in place their implementation plans for meeting the Consumer Duty requirements by 31 July 2023 (a later date applies for legacy products).