Financial Planner and wealth manager Evelyn Partners, formerly Tilney and Smith & Williamson, has recruited Nick Reeves from Deutsche Bank to boost its international Financial Planning team based in London.

M&G Wealth is to add its PruFund Planet range of ESG-focused multi-asset funds as an advised investment choice on its own M&G Wealth Platform (formerly Ascentric) for the first time. 

Nearly half of consumers would turn to regulated financial advisers when seeking financial advice, according to a new wealth report.

The number of higher rate taxpayers has soared by nearly 2m to 6.14m since the last election and could soar by a further 3m by 2025, according to a former Pensions Minister.

National adviser firm Continuum has recruited Chartered Financial Planner Simon Hewitt to help spur its growth plans.

The industry-backed fintech company Origo is planning to launch a Pensions Dashboard connector tool in the autumn to enable providers to connect more efficiently to the planned Pensions Dashboards.

The FSCS has joined forces with the FCA and Financial Ombudsman Service to investigate a Telford-based pension transfer adviser with links to a Portuguese expat specialist company.

Derek Stuart, one of the UK’s best known fund managers and a founder of Artemis Investment Management, is to step back from co-managing one of its leading funds to spend more time on charity work. 

Financial research and investment management company Morningstar is to rename Praemium as the Morningstar Wealth Platform after its £35m acquisition of the formerly Australian-owned platform.

AXA UK chair Scott Wheway is to step down immediately to take up the role of chair of Scottish Widows group from 12 September.