National Chartered financial planning firm Fairstone Financial Management has backed the ambitions of its advisers who want to achieve individual Chartered status with the launch of an online training academy.

Old Mutual Wealth has appointed Gary Dale as head of advisory sales, poaching him from a similar role at rival Investec.

Fund factsheets from eight of the ten best-selling fund groups contain performance data that is six weeks out of date and fails to reflect recent market turmoil, according to research by a fintech firm.

Aegon has said it will leave life company trade body the Association of British Insurers (ABI) at the end of the year, and instead lobby the government and regulators directly.

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Fees charged by St James's Place (SJP) are under the spotlight once again, as the restricted advice firm reluctantly gives some answers to investors who are struggling to find out how much they pay for its services.

The world's top financial watchdog and the finance minister of Europe's biggest economy have voiced their concerns over the amount of credit being created in the global financial system.

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Jeremy Corbyn, who romped home to win the Labour party leadership with a clear majority at the weekend, has named John McDonnell as his shadow chancellor.

An expat adviser a couple met when they retired to Spain has trapped their £380,000 pension pot in a collection of high risk problem-laden unregulated investments, leaving them in danger of losing everything.