PTC Financial Advice (Scotland) Limited (FRN: 816036), has been declared in default by the FSCS, the industry compensation safety net.

National IFA Continuum, owned by M&G, saw a 17% increase in assets under influence year-on-year to more than £2.75bn in the last quarter.

Pension transfer values have fallen by 6% since the start of 2025, despite only a modest increase in September.

Britain’s pension providers and insurers have joined forces with the government to back a regional growth drive through a new group which will be launched at the first-ever Regional Investment Summit on Tuesday.

The government’s Pension Tracing Service received 273,709 calls between January 2021 and September 2025 from people keen to trace 'lost' retirement savings. 

Peter Kettell IFA (FRN: 209563), an adviser firm based in Sheffield, has been declared in default today by the FSCS, the industry compensation safety net.

I was pleased to see this week that the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI) has joined with other professional bodies in urging stronger governance on the ethical threats for financial professionals in using AI (Artificial Intelligence).

HMRC investigators have seized over £1.1m following a raid on a money service business in London.

Financial services firms are missing opportunities to prevent romance scams, according to the FCA.

The FSCS has declared a Scottish adviser firm in default after it appeared that insurance premiums, and potentially investment contributions, were not being passed on to providers.