The new President of the Personal Finance Society Caroline Stuart has urged members to help build the profession by spreading the word about careers in Financial Planning and Paraplanning.

Nearly 2,400 financial professionals attended this week's Personal Finance Society's two-day Festival of Financial Planning - the biggest event of its kind this year.

SpringGen, the financial advice platform for Millennials and Gen-Zers which is part of Acumen Financial Planning, has celebrated its first year in business.

A spike in the divorce rate has increased the risk of financial vulnerability, the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) has warned.

The cost of living crisis is forcing parents to scrap their inheritance plans, new research from Killik & Co suggests.

Two thirds of advisers say that up to 50% of their business is now from clients in pension drawdown, according to a new survey.

Guy Opperman MP, one of the longest serving Pensions Ministers in recent times, has returned to the Department for Work and Pensions although the pensions portfolio he held has yet to be allocated.

The FSCS has declared in default a Hull-based financial adviser which provided SIPP and investment advice.

Ian Taylor, one of the founders of platform Transact, died on 17 October at home after a short illness and two years after retiring. The company has written an obituary for their much-loved founder which Financial Planning Today is reproducing here by kind permission of the company.

The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global standards setting body for Certified Financial Planners, has appoint Dante De Gori CFP as its new CEO from 1 January.