The Financial Conduct Authority has restricted the movement of cash and assets from Odey Asset Management (FRN: 214843) according to an update to the FCA Register published today.

Aviva has called on the government to provide more support for younger pension savers after its research revealed that many were in the dark about how much they needed to save.

Financial Planning fintech Dynamic Planner has launched a financial wellbeing questionnaire enabling advisers to identify client vulnerability characteristics in compliance with the forthcoming Consumer Duty.

Annuity rates have climbed again meaning a 65-year-old with a £100,000 pension pot should be able to buy an annuity income of up to £7,144 per year, up from £7,027 two weeks ago and an increase of 20% on the same period last year.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has appointed former international rugby player Craig Dowsett as a Financial Planning director at its London office.

Nearly 1 in 2 women over 50 say running out of money during retirement is one of their biggest financial concerns, compared to only 1 in 3 men of the same age.

National IFA Continuum has expanded its team in Wiltshire with the hiring of Chartered Financial Planner Stephen Hall.

Recruitment firm BWD has launched a mergers and acquisitions service - BWD M&A - aimed at finance advice businesses.

Wealth manager and platform Quilter says the ‘stronger nudge’ towards pensions guidance, introduced a year ago, has so far produced “lacklustre” results and needs to be beefed up.

Odey Asset Management is to be effectively partially dismantled and its funds and staff moved to other managers following concerns about the company over a reported FCA investigation.