A Chartered Financial Planning firm has taken on a new trainee Paraplanner who bosses aim to elevate to Chartered status.

Jenny Ryan from AAB Wealth Chartered Financial Planners is a member of committee set up by Standards International for creating a Paraplanning Standard. Here she writes about the committee’s ambitions and hopes for their project and what the latest news of progress is:

The first in a new series of professional development events for Paraplanners has been held.

Ascot Lloyd, the Financial Planning and wealth management firm, has recruited a former head of Paraplanning to a senior new role as head of advice where she will lead a strategic review of the company’s advice process.

Paraplanner Powwow chiefs have vowed to 'fix' platforms, as they revealed the next steps for their growing movement this afternoon.

The number of pension transfers out of DB scheme cases that were analysed by advisers and Paraplanners in 2016 rose significantly, research suggests.

Increasing numbers of advice firms are actively planning to hire more staff this year, according to a report.

The cost of taking the assessment to gain a new Paraplanning standard will start at £347.

An organisation that has pledged to set up the much-discussed Paraplanner standard says it needs to be “a collaborative effort rather than a competition”.

Owners and directors of Financial Planning and Paraplanning businesses have been revealing what is on their wish lists when it comes to hiring new Paraplanners.