Wealth and investment manager Church House Investments has appointed investment manager Cranley Macfarlane from fund manager Tellsons Investors as a client director .

Baroness Manzoor has been reappointed as chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service after serving more than three and a half years in the role.

Legal & General chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson will retire this year once a replacement is found, after more than a decade in the role and 14 years with the firm.

SSAS firm WestBridge is rebranding as The WBR Group after completing its acquisition of failed pension firm Rowanmoor’s SSAS business.

Derby-based Chartered Financial Planner Jamie Lavery has joined national IFA Continuum to look after the Derbyshire area for the Financial Planning focused business.

Pension experts have called for pension tax reform to help meet Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's call to get more people back into work, including older workers, to help Britain.

Don MacIntyre, interim chief executive of the Personal Finance Society, has praised the “passion and strength of feeling” of PFS members following the conclusion today of its member consultation on its dispute with parent body the CII.

Platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown has launched three new ready-made portfolio funds that spread money across a range of global equities and bonds.

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned that some firms could be involved in “malpractice” by making unsolicited offers to former British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members who have not yet made complaints.

The FSCS has declared pension transfer adviser Portal Financial Services LLP (FRN501272) as failed after the firm went into compulsory liquidation following a string of complaints.