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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.

CHARITY

Worldwide Certified Financial Planner numbers (CFP) have topped 150,000 after rising by 5,500 in the last year, the owner of the certification programme has said.

PRESSURE

Wealth manager Towry will accelerate its acquisition programme in 2014, with plans to buy as many as ten businesses, its head of wealth advice has said.

Competition for financial adviser jobs is experiencing a surge according to independent advice group deVere, which has seen job applications double this January.

The financial services industry can learn a thing or two about trust, forgiveness and reconciliation from the departed Nelson Mandela, argues Phil Billingham…

AFH Financial Group has snapped up Welsh IFA AG Financial Planning for £422,000 in what marks its seventeenth acquisition.

IFA network On-line Partnership group has been acquired by US-based asset manager Russell Investments.