The £39m bid for SIPP provider STM Group has been extended for a fourth time as chief executive Alan Kentish strives to buy a chunk of the company.

After months of outflows, investors returned to equity funds in July with the highest sales since December 2021, according to data from fund manager trade body the Investment Association (IA).

New research has revealed that 13% of adults currently employed plan never to give up work.

Chartered Financial Planner Justin King has written a new book on retirement planning based on his experience hosting 180 episodes of his successful Retirement Café Podcast and interviewing dozens of guests.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS), the 40,000-member professional body for Chartered Financial Planners, is to hold its 2023 National Conference at the new International Convention Centre near Newport, Wales.

Former Centrica chairman Rick Haythornthwaite will take over as the £775,000 a year chairman of NatWest Group in April when current chairman Sir Howard Davies steps down.

The £242m merger of platform Nucleus and SIPP and SSAS provider Curtis Banks has received regulatory approval after the conclusion of a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Atomos has acquired North London Chartered Financial Planner-led Equanimity IFA for an undisclosed sum.

The FCA may slow down payments by electronic transfer to help combat rising fraud and financial crime.

South-West-based Francis Clark Financial Planning has appointed Carl Tremlin as senior Financial Planner.