Four Financial Planning and wealth management firms are included in the table of most complained-against financial services firms published by the Financial Ombudsman Service for the first half of 2023.

Link Fund Solutions, the administrator of the failed Woodford Equity Income Fund, has been purchased by Dublin-based Waystone.

Growing wealth manager Titan Wealth has acquired North East IFA Prism Financial Advice, adding £630m in AUM to its books.

Wealth manager St James’s Place is expanding its work with charity Young Enterprise to support the accreditation of schools looking to become Centres of Excellence for financial education.

The FCA published 146 warnings about crypto-asset promotions in just the first day of its new crypto-marketing regime which was introduced on 8 October.

A crooked tax agent and accountant - who is also an internationally-ranked chess player - has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of stealing more than £750,000 in a tax and mortgage fraud.

India was the best performing investment fund sector over the summer with the infrastructure sector faring the worst, according to new analysis.

Twelve firms entered default in August and September, including ten financial adviser firms and two credit unions, the FSCS has confirmed today.

Pension services and SIPP provider STM has been acquired by Guernsey-based investment vehicle Pension SuperFund Capital in a £39.8m deal that was extended several times since first being announced in July.

Turbulent economic conditions and the Consumer Duty challenges have hit confidence in the future of the advice profession with 16% - one in six - of firm owners looking to sell or exit the market in the next 18 months.