The Personal Finance Society has called for 'cultural change' and new career pathways in the profession to boost the number of female Financial Planners.
Acquisitive Financial Planning firm Fairstone has acquired £135m AUM Cumbria-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Financial Concepts for an undisclosed sum.
Financial Planning firm One Four Nine has launched a new "culture and talent strategy" to develop the careers of its workforce, particularly among acquired firms.
Unite union members at the Financial Conduct Authority have begun a 48-hour walkout today in a protest over pay, terms and lack of trade union recognition.
Kingswood has appointed former Schroders Personal Wealth programme manager Christopher Calvocoressi to lead the Financial Planning firm’s technology transformation.
One in five (19%) of divorcees will be significantly financially worse off in retirement because of a divorce, according to a new report.
The FCA has made three senior hires including a former Goldman Sachs managing director and a new director of competition.
Thomas Young and Stacey Body, co-founders of acquisitive hybrid advice start-up Aventur, spoke to Financial Planning Today about the challenges of building their own technology, what they learnt from former roles at Fairstone and SJP, and why they believe hybrid advice is the future.
The FCA has banned indefinitely five individuals involved in an illegal investment scheme which ripped off elderly and vulnerable investors.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its approach to making ex-gratia payments due to avoidable delays in its complaint handling.