Andy Zanelli, head of technical consultancy at AXA Wealth, has described the retirement situation as a "timebomb" but said that it was reassuring people were seeking professional retirement advice.
HSBC, Nationwide Building Society and Royal Bank of Scotland have become the first financial services organisations to use a new Financial Services Compensation Scheme training programme to build consumer confidence.
Ascentric, a sponsor of the Institute of Financial Planning, will be running half-day seminars for advisers in September on centralised investment propositions (CIPs).
The Institute of Financial Planning has reminded Financial Planners of their gap-fill requirements and suggested various options to help them complete it.
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