LV= chairman Alan Cook is to step down after a £530m recommended deal by a US private equity firm to take over the mutual failed to win enough support from LV= members. 

STM Group, the international SIPP and financial services provider, has seen a £400,000 hit to revenue this year as SIPP business slowed, the firm reported in a trading update today.

HMRC has launched a new tool to help self employed agency and contract workers employed through an umbrella company spot whether they are at risk of tax avoidance.

Expanding Financial Planning group Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has appointed two seasoned professionals to two newly-created senior roles as it plans further growth.

Falling gilt yields pushed DB transfer values to a new record high of £265,200 on 28 October.

Artemis Investment Management has appointed Paras Anand as its new chief investment officer (CIO).

The Chartered Insurance Institute has warned its members to be wary of linking their social media accounts to their professional status.

London-based MWA Financial has acquired Essex-based CHC Wealth Management as part of a strategy to become a national IFA firm.

NS&I has today pushed up the interest rate on its Income Bonds by 14 basis points, from 0.01% gross/AER to 0.15% gross/AER.

Client awareness of ESG investing is on the rise but the appetite for ESG investments could be waning, according to a new survey by a Chartered Financial Planning firm.