DB pension transfer values recovered in March after dipping in February, according to the monthly XPS Transfer Watch.

London-based Waverton Investment Management Group has expanded its Financial Planning interests with the acquisition today of Scottish wealth manager and Financial Planner Cornerstone Asset Management.

Platform provider Praemium has opened an office in the Scottish Centre of Fintech Excellence in Edinburgh as part of international expansion plans.

International wealth manager deVere Group has set up a “strategic partnership” with UK Financial Planner Fidelius Group to serve expats returning to the UK.

Most of the 11,500 former clients of failed wealth manager and DFM provider Reyker Securities plc have got their money back after intervention by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Three people have appeared in court in London today in connection with an investigation into an alleged £13.7m pension fraud. 

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has moved on a stage today with the opening of tenders for a supplier to provide the digital architecture that will allow people to view their pensions via their chosen dashboard. 

More than seven in 10 adults (38m people) say that in the last 12 months their household has saved money as a result of reduced spending due to Covid-19, with 4.4m of households saving over £10,000 each.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has launched a new online, intermediate-level course on sustainable and responsible investment.

M&G Wealth has appointed Tim Clark from Financial Planning and IFA network Loyal North to be its first recruitment and acquisition director.