Wealth manager Smith and Williamson has hired Nick Murphy as head of charities for its investment management and banking division.

Bristol-based investment provider and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed that the number of people saving into ISAs with the firm has risen by 40% since January 2016.

Research by Scottish Widows has revealed that people can save up to £9,853 more a year in retirement if they cut back on ‘little luxuries.’ 

The FCA has warned that fraudsters are using a cloned version of Vanguard Asset Management as a front to try and cheat investors.

An investment research company has called on the FCA to intervene in the fund management market to halt a precipitous decline in research pricing post-MiFID II and to avoid “ultra-low research pricing.”

Legal & General Investment Management has launched the L&G European Equity Income Fund, a UK domiciled unit trust.

Andrew Croft has taken over from David Bellamy as chief executive of wealth manager St James’s Place, the company confirmed to the stock market today.

The FCA says it believes that ‘passporting’ - the ability of a firm regulated in the UK to operate around the EU - should be maintained post-Brexit during any transition period.

Pension investments rose by 66.3% year on year in the third quarter to hit £13.4bn, according to analysis from intermediary database provider Equifax Touchstone.

Four men who cheated 300 retired and often vulnerable investors out of £1.4m have been sent to jail, in one case for up to 15 months.