Many trust-based DC pension schemes already offer more than the ‘guidance guarantee' to their members and are worried about being forced to ‘dumb down' standards, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
Financial advisory businesses will be invited to play central roles in providing information, guidance and advice to retirees following the far-reaching changes announced at Budget 2014, under plans being devised by the Personal Finance Society (PFS)....
The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) have said they are disappointed by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) findings suggesting advisory firms, wealth managers and private banks are failing to disclose their fees...
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) was investigating establishing a National Retirement Advice Service before the Chancellor's Budget promise and believes an advice voucher system could be set up funded by redistributing regulatory fines.
Keith Richards on the little-known meeting that might just bring trust back
A dozen financial services organisations have met to discuss their concerns and share their objectives and initiatives in an attempt to "harness the untapped potential of working collaboratively".
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reported a marked increased in the number of Chartered financial planners - with Imperial Financial Planning's Michael Doy lucky number 4,000.
There is an increasing need to educate the public on the value of face-to-face professional financial advice, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has established a 'consumer insight panel' to help guide its work on improving consumer confidence and trust in financial advice.
Insurer Zurich is training its sales staff to obtain the same minimum qualification level as that required of the advisers they speak to.