Old Mutual Wealth is to become a separate entity under plans from the parent company to separate its business into four units.

A Financial Planning group is set to float on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

A new professional accreditation for advisers and Paraplanners has been created by a ratings and research firm.

A £668.5 million deal for Just Retirement and Partnership to merge has been rubber stamped, it has been revealed this morning.

The new Just Retirement Group has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange today, following the £668.5 million merger of Just Retirement and Partnership.

The FCA is writing to 16,000 customers of a debt management firm to inform them it has been refused authorisation and can no longer carry on regulated activities.

A new client-facing Financial Planning tool for smartphones has been created to tap into a 15 million strong market of people with investments of between £1,000 and £100,000.

A director at Financial Planning firm Tilney Bestinvest has left to join EQ Investors – run by Bestinvest founder John Spiers.

Plans to simplify the current valuation process for members with Guaranteed Annuity Rate pensions are a missed opportunity, a pensions firm has claimed.

The biggest change to the personal taxation system in a generation could be coming in next week’s Budget if proposals to reform income tax are adopted, an analyst believes.