Five firms - including platform and investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown - have achieved Corporate Chartered status from the CII in the latest quarter.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Progeny Wealth has been awarded Chartered firm status by the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Wealth management firm WH Ireland has achieved corporate Chartered Financial Planning status from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Derbyshire-based independent Financial Planner, Belmayne, has appealed for small local charities to get in touch if they would like to benefit from the firm’s fundraising next year.