The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has blamed poor financial advice for driving up its soaring annual levy.

Adviser platform Transact has stepped up its efforts to act as an introducer for advice firm acquisitions.

Wealth manager St James’s Place has seen 1,000 team members achieve Chartered Financial Planner status.

Wealth manager trade body PIMFA has criticised proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority for a new Consumer Duty.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Tilney Smith & Williamson has launched a sustainable multi-asset fund for adventurous investors.

More than 1 in 20 workers (6%) expect never to retire, according to new research.

Fund manager Liontrust has agreed to acquire smaller rival Majedie Asset Management in a deal worth up to £120m.

Platform engine FNZ is to acquire client onboarding solution Appway for an undisclosed sum.

The FCA is to consult on a sweeping new 'Consumer Duty' which will compel firms to do more to protect consumers from harm and bad financial decisions. 

Two in three advisers say that Covid-19 variants, including the Omicron variant, present the biggest threat to business in 2022.