Wealth manager Utmost International has recruited in-house to appoint Karl Moore and Henry O’Sullivan as the chief executives of its Isle of Man and Ireland businesses.

Fast-growing Financial Planner and wealth manager Kingswood Group has completed the acquisition of Dublin retirement planning advice firm BasePlan through its Irish subsidiary Moloney Investment.

Financial Planners are getting behind the seventh World Financial Planning Day which runs today (Weds 4 Oct).

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is probing two overseas-based adviser firms which used used EU 'passporting' rules to advise UK clients on pension transfers.