A survey of 2003 adults carried out by Opinium for LV= in October found that a third (32%) of retirees experienced worsening general health in the first five years of retirement.
AFH has announced on the Stock Exchange today that it has acquired the assets of chartered financial planners Knight O'Byrne Limited, a company headquartered in Cornwall.
Aegon UK has become the latest provider to pledge its support to the Seven Families income protection campaign.
The IFP has applauded attendees at the annual conference held in early October who have now raised over £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
More than 500,000 40-to-70-year-olds in England intend to use part or all of their pension to repay their mortgage balance, according to research from specialist insurer Partnership.
The Financial Conduct Authority has expressed 'serious concerns' about individuals being encouraged to transfer money from their work pension schemes into Self-Invested Personal Pensions (Sipps) as part of a scheme to push one company's shares.
A new pension report from the Office for National Statistics says that people are living longer but many are not saving for retirement or not saving enough.
Sesame Ltd, the UK's largest network of financial advisers, has been fined £1,598,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority for setting up a so-called 'pay-to-play' scheme which the regulator says undermined the ban on commissions introduced by the RDR.
The UK adviser network On-line Partnership Group (OLPG) has been rebranded as IN Partnership.
Nucleus, the adviser-focused wrap, has announced that Doug Heron from Scottish private bank Adam & Co will be its new chief financial officer (CFO).