Leicestershire-based Financial Planner Handford Aitkenhead & Walker has become the latest business to achieve prestigious CISI Accredited Financial Planning Firm status.

Evelyn Partners has made major executive changes at its Bestinvest arm as it moves from being a DIY investment platform to a company focused on hybrid advice.

Wealth and Investment Manager Church House Investments has appointed experienced wealth manager James Edgedale as a client director.

HMRC has fined 68 estate agents a total of more than £500,000 for breaching money laundering regulations.

Chartered Financial Planner and employee benefits firm Punter Southall Aspire has boosted its Chartered Financial Planning and employee benefits teams with two senior promotions.

Rapidly expanding adviser and fund manager One Four Nine Group has acquired Nottingham-based firm HFL Financial Advisers, boosting its clients assets to over £1bn only a year after launch.

Financial Planning and accountancy firm Old Mill has taken on 26 trainees, bringing the number of new starters at the south west firm this year to 72.

Financial Planners are cutting back on their use of investment platforms because of the cost-of-living crisis.

The Financial Conduct Authority has been forced to recruit 125 new staff to tackle a growing backlog in authorisations.

Gaps remain in workplace pension awareness a decade after the introduction of auto-enrolment, new research has revealed.