'We are still a long way from gender equality in financial services’

Provider posts £277m operating profit and £1bn net outflows

Some 70% are feeling good about the year ahead, research finds

Many firms had taken positive action but ‘areas for improvement remain’

‘Any machine is calibrated in the spirit of its designer’

‘You need young talent come through for the profession to sustain itself’

Less launches expected as industry has ‘seen the peak’

Although complete abolition is ‘unlikely to happen any time soon’

Latest buys add more than £300m AUM to the national IFA

Only 11% of women feel very confident about retirement