Profit is essential for all businesses to thrive and invest and Financial Planners, above everything else, are business people who need to make a profit. Profit is the lifeblood of all Financial Planning firms and that's something that is sometimes forgotten.

The FCA is to look at how firms that advise on investments are doing enough to support bereaved customers in a new review.

King Charles's King's Speech today has outlined widely expected reform of the Financial Ombudsman Service and a drive to cut regulatory red tape.

Three people have been arrested as part of an FCA crackdown on suspected illegal financial promotions.

The FCA has set out guidance on how fund managers can use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to support innovation in fund tokenisation.

One of the main talking points this week has been the FCA’s Adviser Survey which seems to point to both positive and negative factors, as far as the professional advice sector is concerned.

Many years ago a wise and very experienced CEO of a Scottish life and pensions company (sadly no longer with us) passed on to me a very useful piece of advice on pensions which we were discussing at the time.

The Financial Conduct Authority is leading a global campaign of action to tackle illegal finfluencers who are scamming and conning consumers. 

The FCA and PRA have confirmed changes to the Senior Manager Certification Regime (SMCR), streamlining rules ahead of plans for wider changes which they claim will halve the SMCR’s regulatory burden on firms.

Financial adviser HDH Investment Services Limited (HDH) has entered Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation three months after the FCA intervened over concerns the company may have given unsuitable advice to some clients, potentially resulting in financial loss.