Plans to create a new CISI Level 4 Financial Planning qualification will be rolled out through a pilot during the first quarter of 2016.

The UK is becoming the leading country in the world for Paraplanning, as professionals from nations around the world seek to follow its example, a top expert has told Financial Planning Today.

Paraplanners who are fed up with anyone being able to call themselves a Paraplanner are taking matters into their hands to come up with a new professional standard.

A national advice group has told Financial Planning Today it intends to recruit up to another 10 Paraplanners in 2016 after already more than doubling numbers in the last two years.

An outsourced Paraplanning business has opened up a larger third office to help it meet an “increasing volume of work” and announced plans to hire more Paraplanners soon.

A new Paraplanner apprenticeship backed by the Government will be a no go for many employers, the chief executive of a Paraplanning firm has warned. Read more ...

The FCA and FOS are both run by human beings and therefore there will always be differences in dealing with something as subjective as suitability, a top regulatory official says. Read more ...

An FCA expert on a quest to quell regulation ‘myths’ has urged Financial Planners and Paraplanners to raise concerns and questions directly to the regulator. Read more ...

A leading figure from the FCA has praised Paraplanners for developing their own profession, without relying on the regulator to prompt them. Read more ...

The head of the Paraplanner Powwow movement has called for the creation of a Paraplanning academy to help inject much needed fresh blood into the sector. Read more ...