Acquisitive South Coast-based wealth manager and financial adviser Skerritts has made its second acquisition this week with the purchase of London-based Black Swan Financial Planning.

The FCA has published rules for a simplified listings regime in its biggest shake-up in over three decades to support a wider range of financial services firms to issue their shares on a UK exchange.

Yorkshire-based private investment office and wealth manager Traditum has invested in Method Asset Management, an IFA founded by former professional rugby player Jonnie Whittle CFP.

Two thirds (63%) of over-55s who plan to return to paid work have failed to check the potential tax implications of doing so, according to a new report.

The number of non-domiciled taxpayers in the UK climbed 7% in 2023 and they paid £8.9bn in tax, according to the latest HMRC figures for 2023.

Labour MP Emma Reynolds has been appointed as the new Pensions Minister in a joint ministerial role working across both the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The FCA is to consult on introducing compulsory criminal background checks on firm owners and controllers applying for authorisation from January 2025.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has appointed Emma Rivers as a Financial Planner to help support the growth of the firm’s Guildford office.

Less than half of investors are satisfied with their portfolio performance after being hit by high inflation and geopolitical conflicts in recent years.

Financial Planning firm MKC Wealth has produced a series of books aimed at teaching primary schoolchildren about managing money.