The Financial Planning Standards Board, owner of the international CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification programme outside the United States, is seeking papers from the global academic community for the first annual Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines.

Innovative fintech companies in Australia and the United Kingdom will have more support from regulators to enter the others’ market in what's being called a "world-first" agreement by regulators.

Two thirds of retirees will outlive their pension pots, a new report suggests.

Wild newspaper headlines about pension holders using the freedoms to splash out on Lamborghinis have helped Financial Planners steer their clients away from rash and damaging decisions.

The Financial Ombudsman Service has confirmed it will collect fees from the industry of £24.5 million in 2016/17.

1825, Standard Life’s wholly-owned Financial Planning business, is to acquire Munro Partnership Limited in Scotland as part of a plan to expand its Scottish financial planning interests.

UK portfolios are the most cautiously positioned in Europe with investors fleeing riskier assets for the relative safety of cash to shelter from turbulent global markets, according to a worldwide survey.

TISA, the financial services association, has confirmed plans to help the industry meet the challenge set out in the Financial Advice Market Review final report and in the Budget to make the pensions dashboard a reality.

Pershing, a BNY Mellon company, is to provide full UK wrap administration and execution capabilities to Saga Investment Services, the new joint venture from Tilney Bestinvest and over-50s provider Saga.

Tavistock Investments, the acquisitve advisory firm consolidator, is to buy Abacus Associates Financial Services Limited for just under £5.2m, pushing up the number of Tavistock advisers to more than 300.