Over one in four savers (27%) expect to be either totally or heavily reliant on the State Pension in retirement.

AJ Bell Investcentre has launched two new estate planning trusts, with a third to follow, to boost options for advisers involved in estate planning.

The FCA is to open applications for a second cohort of live AI testing in January, with participating firms able to start testing in April.

Chartered Financial Planning firm One Four Nine Wealth has opened a new office in Glasgow to spearhead its growth in Scotland.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued rulings against a trio of unregulated art investment firms over misleading online adverts.

The FCA has imposed its first censure on a professional body, the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), for failings in relation to its anti-money laundering supervision.

City-based investment firm Pello Capital (FRN 449720) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Only around a fifth, 22%, of advisers have developed clear profiles for their target clients, leaving those without limiting their growth opportunities, according to a new study.

Savers stashed £4.2bn in cash ISAs in October, the largest inflow since the end of the tax year in April, and up from £3.3bn in September.

The number of advisers complaining that poor service from platforms is significantly affecting their business, has fallen dramatically.