Aegon has called on the FCA to make sure that their Consumer Investment Market review does not to burden financial advice firms with increasing FSCS levies or professional indemnity premiums.

Profits have risen 56% at adviser support company SimplyBiz, as an improvement in underlying earnings from the first six full months of trading following the Defaqto acquisition helped offset a significant reduction in valuation income.

One in four workers in the UK have changed their pension plans due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to new research released on Pensions Awareness Day.

Today is Pensions Awareness Day, but nearly three in four UK adults have little or no knowledge about pensions, rising to 83% for women compared to 61% for men, according to new research.

UK unemployment continued to rise in the three months to July, with those aged between 16 and 24 seeing the biggest drop in employment, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

PIMFA has launched The ESG Academy, an online training platform for Financial Planners who want to learn more about ESG investing.

New research has revealed that professional financial advice boosts consumers’ emotional wellbeing – especially in times of crisis - and ongoing relationships with advisers provide the most benefit.

Close Brothers Asset Management has appointed James Ballinger FPFS as practice director of its London advice team.

Bestinvest’s annual Spot the Dog report has named and shamed a record 150 investment funds that have performed dismally over the past three years - a 65% increase from the 91 funds in the last report and the highest number on record.

Richard Stone, chief executive of The Share Centre, will leave the business on 18 September after 14 years at the firm to “pursue other interests and opportunities.”