Fund manager Liontrust has agreed to acquire Swiss rival GAM to create a global asset manager with £53bn in assets under management.

Cheshire-based Financial Planner Equilibrium has launched new charity fund to fight child poverty in the north-west of the UK.

AJ Bell has added the IBOSS discretionary managed portfolio service range to its adviser platform AJ Bell Investcentre.

Fewer than one in three pension fraud reports (29%) submitted to Action Fraud are referred for police investigation, according to a new report.

Over half (55%) of investors say they are scaling back investments, according to new research.

The Government is to ban cold-calling for all financial products as part of its beefed-up strategy to tackle financial fraud.

The Financial Conduct Authority has proposed “significant changes” to the UK listing regime to encourage more companies to list in the UK.

The CISI, the professional body for Certified Financial Planners, has launched an award in memory of the ‘godfather’ of Financial Planning, Paul Etheridge.

Non-advised adults are nearly twice as concerned about having enough money to live on in later life (42%) than their peers who have taken financial advice (23%), according to new research.

Four in five (83%) financial advisers say the high level of inflation is their clients main worry this year.