More than four in five investors (84%) under-estimate the cost of investing and 13% are completely in the dark about the fees they pay, according to a new study by a Financial Planning-based wealth adviser.

Guardian, the protection insurance challenger focused on financial advisers, has made 12 staff redundant and a “small number” of other redundancies are being considered.

Chartered Financial Planner Gavin Wood of Beckett Financial Services, in Suffolk, talks about how a SSAS was used to good effect to help two business owners sort out their business and personal planning.

The Association of British Insurers has named Allianz Insurance chief executive Jon Dye as its new chair following the sudden resignation of Amanda Blanc last week.

The Chartered Insurance Institute to run a series of diversity and inclusion events with local institutes to celebrate and explain the benefits of diversity and inclusion for the profession during the ‘DiveIn’ festival in September.

Dealing with MiFID II continues to be a major challenge for financial advisers, according to polls among more than 1,000 delegates who attended recent industry tech conferences.

Protection challenger Guardian has promoted Katya MacLean to interim CEO to cover for CEO Simon Davis who is stepping down temporarily for personal reasons.

Multi-retiree families will soar to over 1m over the next 20 years, according to a new study.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has welcomed the launch of the new DB Transfers Guidance document by PASA.

IFA firm Wren Sterling has acquired T D Armstrong Financial Planning Limited, a Dunfermline-based independent Financial Planning business.