The Government has proposed banning cold calls offering any financial products as part of its plan to tackle fraud and scams.

The High Court has ruled in favour of the FCA against the director of a company which ran an illegal care home unauthorised collective investment scheme (UCIS).

Wren Sterling has acquired Cornwall-based Financial Planning firm Stockdale & Co.

George Square Financial Management has acquired fellow Nottingham-based Financial Planning firm Taylor McGill.

The FCA has appointed three new chairs for its statutory panels.

The FCA has won a Confiscation Order for £562,636 against former investment adviser and convicted money launderer Richard Faithfull.

The team behind North West wealth manager Millen Capital are to join Financial Planner and wealth manager Evelyn Partners.

Experienced adviser and former Paraplanner Richard Lent DipPFS has joined national IFA Continuum as a financial adviser in the West Midlands.

Leeds-based financial adviser Temple Park Financial Services (FRN 163459) has been declared a failed firm by the FSCS after seven claims related to endowment mortgage sales.

A new survey by the government-backed Money and Pensions Service (MAPs) suggests that more people are saving despite the cost of living crisis.