AXA’s multi-manager investment arm Architas is planning further expansion after announcing net new money invested last year of £1.67bn and total assets up to £24.23bn worldwide in its annual results.

The FCA said that over one in 10 of the 106,000 contacts it received from consumers last year were to report a financial scam and ask what the next steps were.

A pensions firm has called on the DWP to make broader and bolder moves on a key area in pensions.

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

Several thousand Financial Planners, Paraplanners and advisers are expected to attend the first Financial Planning Festival which will have a Glastonbury-style element designed to ‘entertain’ and inspire delegates.

All working adults should be given vouchers to pay for financial advice, the PFS has told the Government.

Demand from high-net-worth clients for guidance on Defined Benefit pension schemes increased five fold last year, a wealth firm has revealed.

A tech firm which makes Client Relationship Management software for Financial Planners, among a range of technology systems for firms across the financial services sector, has announced a statutory net profit for 2016 of about £48million, up 7% over the prior year.

Baroness Ros Altmann has accused the Government of complacency after it published proposed changes to workplace Defined Benefit pensions.

Ex-Pensions Minister Ros Altmann has called for radical reforms to pay for social care, including the equivalent of childcare vouchers for the elderly.