Half of UK adults think investing in property is the method of saving for retirement that makes the most of their money, according to an Office for National Statistics report.

A proposed shakeup of FCA guidance on DB pensions advice will make transfers ‘harder to justify’ and ‘more demanding’, an adviser firm claims.

Financial Planners’ research has shown the divorce and separation market represents a £500m opportunity each year but there are only a handful of specialists to deliver advice.

The FCA is set to deliver its final report on the asset management industry tomorrow after finding price competition is ‘weak’ in parts of the sector.

Paul Pettit, the managing director of adviser fintech firm Origo, is to retire in February after 28 years with the firm and the hunt is on for his replacement.

Nearly seven in ten asset manager firms failed to provide the underlying fund costs to a prospective new client in initial discussions, a mystery shopping style probe found.

Commercial property has come out on top in a 14 year asset class comparison.

Financial adviser delegates have identified the biggest threats to their businesses as being large product providers going direct to clients and robo advice.

The FCA is investigating whether consumers can understand the outcomes of stochastic cashflow modelling as part of its shake up of DB transfer advice.

St. James’s Place has hired a former Towry and Prudential Chartered Financial Planner as head of business for its academy in Manchester.