Two thirds of employees approaching retirement are planning to stay in either paid or unpaid work once they retire from their full-time jobs, a survey suggests.

West Bromwich Building Society sales and marketing director Richard Hopwood has left the business following a restructure of its executive team.

Consolidator and wealth manager Succession Group has made its tenth acquisition putting it a step closer to achieving its target of 50 firms by 2017.

A 'charter' for financial services firms using social media has launched weeks after the regulator published guidelines on how to communicate compliantly on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Prudential has appointed Capita Financial Managers as authorised corporate director (ACD) for seven Prudential open ended investment company (OEIC) funds, holding the assets of 2,000 UK clients.

Berkeley Burke director Gareth Roberts, who was in charge of implementing Retail Distribution Review (RDR) rules in the firm's wealth management division, has left the firm.

As more individuals choose to work beyond the state pension age, Andy James weighs up the options for those approaching retirement.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged it will overhaul the way it issues attestations to firms - which put the onus on senior management to fix problems - by placing greater importance on clarity and transparency.

Network Tenet has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide a full range of consumer credit services.

There is a medium risk of an interim levy on life and pensions advisers from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) due to the volume of claims against self invested personal pension (SIPP) providers, it has said.