Savers invested £2.4bn in funds in February, according to trade body data published today.

Flexible working and digital transformation were the key focuses for financial advice businesses surveyed by the Personal Finance Society and Chartered Insurance Institute in March.

Investment firm Redmayne Bentley has launched its first digital-only Managed Portfolio Service (MPS).

Life insurance specialist Utmost Group is to acquire Quilter’s cross-border platform Quilter International for £483m cash to add to its wealth solutions arm.

The Financial Ombudsman is to increase its case fee by £100 to £750, according to its new budget and financial plans published today.

M&G Wealth has axed the brand names of its recently-acquired wealth platform Ascentric and its advice business Prudential Financial Planning (PFP) to bring the businesses under the M&G Wealth name.

St Albans-based Lumin Wealth has acquired nearby IFA firm Chamberlain Stean and West for an undisclosed sum.

The FCA confirmed today that it will consult on better protection for investors when Special Purpose Acquisitions Companies (SPACs) are used as takeover vehicles.

Chorley-based True Bearing Chartered Financial Planners has been awarded an Investors in People Gold Standard for the fourth time.

James Hay is set to acquire rival platform Nucleus via a recommended cash takeover offer, a change of tack from its original plan of using a scheme of arrangement.