Around 382,000 unadvised adults are acting on financial guidance from AI tools, with around £47.4bn in assets between them, according to new research.

Financial advisers are warming to AI handling administrative work but want to maintain human oversight for tasks that directly affect client money, according to a new report.

There were record gross sales and outflows for advised platforms in the last quarter of 2025.

Over seven in ten (70%) of those who want to develop their career within paraplanning feel less confident in achieving their career goals in the next two to three years, according to a new report.

Over three quarters (78%) of Financial Planning firms expect their profits to grow in 2026, according to a new report.

The number of advisers complaining that poor service from platforms is significantly affecting their business, has fallen dramatically.

Net inflows at adviser platforms rose 12% to £5.06bn in Q3 despite outflows rising to new highs of £17.94bn, according to new data.

Advised platform AUM climbed 4.36% in the second quarter to £671.39bn, according to new data.

One in four financial advisers believes that the FCA’s plans to introduce ‘targeted support’ to widen the availability of financial guidance to millions may have a negative impact, according to a major new survey.

Gross advised platform sales were a record £22.1bn in the first quarter, according to new data.

4 in 5 (79%) of financial advisers believe delays in pension transfers have had a moderate or severe impact on client trust, according to a new report.

Financial advisers are turning away from pension wrappers and instead utilising pension gifting, annuities and onshore bonds as they prepare for the upcoming changes to inheritance tax, according to a new report.

New platform business rose 43% year-on-year to £20.9bn for the fourth quarter of 2024 as recovery got under way, according to new data.

Four in five financial advice firms reported increased turnover in 2024, with two thirds anticipating higher profits in 2025, according to a new report.

New data revealing that ‘target market’ was the most crucial factor for MPS selection in 2024 suggests that Consumer Duty is having a considerable influence on adviser practice.

More than a third of advice firms believe there has been no progress towards the Consumer Duty’s products and services outcome.