St James’s Place chief executive Mark FitzPatrick saw his pay package reach £3,389,958 last year, including a bonus of almost £1.7m.

Fast-growing Bristol-based wealth manager and Financial Planning firm Clifton Wealth Partnership has acquired seven Financial Planning firms in England and Wales for undisclosed amounts.

Wealth manager and Financial Planning firm Evelyn Partners has appointed two Financial Planners and an investment manager to its Leeds and Newcastle offices.

Annuity incomes have surged to a 16-year high as the market booms, according to the latest data from Hargreaves Lansdown’s annuity search engine.

Close Brothers Asset Management has become a standalone new wealth manager with a new name of TrinityBridge.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Redmayne Bentley has recruited Vittoria Vaccaro from The Private Office to joins its growing Financial Planning team.

The FCA wants more vulnerable customers to seek help as it emerged that just four in 10 vulnerable clients have disclosed their vulnerability to the regulated firms they deal with, it said today.

Consumers receiving professional financial advice have added an average of over £150,000 to their wealth, according to a new report.

Financial Planning firm Shackleton, formerly the Skerritts Group, has added VouchedFor’s client survey system Elevation across the firm.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has today appointed interim CEO Martyn Beauchamp as its permanent CEO.