Wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods has acquired Leicester Financial Planning firm Pole Arnold Financial Management Limited in a deal worth up to £7m.

Premier Miton is set to launch the Premier Miton European Sustainable Leaders Fund on 10 May.

The number of people who want to retire early has more than doubled during the pandemic from 4% to 10% and more people have clearer retirement plans.

Investors who regularly see a financial adviser are significantly more confident about their future financial prospects, according to a new survey for wealth manager and Financial Planner Sanlam.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Tilney Smith & Williamson is hunting for a new chairman, Sky News has reported.

St James’s Place CEO Andrew Croft saw his earnings fall from £1.017m in 2019 to £692,788 in 2020 as the pandemic hit the company.

The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into suspected fraud involving a group of unauthorised collective investment schemes investing in car leasing companies.

Scottish Friendly CEO Jim Galbraith has died after over 30 years at the mutual.

The insurance and long term savings has made a donation of £7m to mental health charities Rethink and Mind to help provide 3.5m people with mental health support during and post the pandemic.

Ambitious trust company Ludlow Trust has acquired the NatWest Group and Coutts UK trust businesses and will relaunch both under the Ludlow Trust banner.