HMRC collected £5.33bn from inheritance tax in the 2020/21 tax year, a rise from £5.12bn in 2019/20.

Financial Planning firm Succession Wealth has launched Succession Sports & Entertainment, a specialist advice arm for sporting and entertainment professionals.

Tom Dunbar has been appointed chief development officer at adviser platform Transact’s parent company Integrated Financial Arrangements (Integrafin).

HMRC has given London Capital & Finance (LCF) ISA investors the green light to reinvest their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) compensation payments into a new or existing ISA. 

Maven Wealth Management, the Welsh hub of Financial Planners and wealth managers Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has recruited highly experienced Financial Planner Gareth Tregidon CFP as head of Financial Planning.

Campaigning consumer group Which? says Google and Facebook are failing to remove online scam adverts even after fraud victims report them.

Standard Life Aberdeen is to rebrand as Abrdn (pronounced: Aberdeen) in a move to bring together the Standard Life and Aberdeen names under one united brand.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has hired TV comedian, author and actor David Mitchell, one of the captains on the popular BBC show ‘Would I Lie to You’, to front a ‘video disaster’ campaign highlighting what happens when people fail to check.

The FCA has appointed Sacha Sadan, currently director of investment stewardship at LGIM, as its new director of Environment Social and Governance (ESG).

In the past 12 months, since the first lockdown, over a quarter (26%) of adults have written their will or taken action to update an existing will or get advice on wills.