Legal and financial services provider Irwin Mitchell has acquired Cheshire-based Chartered Financial Planning firm TWP Wealth for an undisclosed sum.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has cuts its levy for 2022/23 by £275m to £625m.
Profit before tax at investment platform AJ Bell fell to £26.1m (HY21: £31.6m) for the six months ending 31 March.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a single listing segment regime for equity shares of commercial companies.
Net inflows for adviser platform Transact rose 16% to £2.68bn in the six months ending 31 March.
The average age of female investors when they start investing is 32 compared to 35 for men, according to a new report.
Three quarters (74%) of pension schemes have net zero plans in place or will have within the next two years, according to a new survey.
Over a third (35%) of clients expect their Financial Planner to be an expert on environmental, social and governance investments.
Discretionary fund manager 7IM saw profits rise to £9.5m in 2021, a rise of 83% from 2020.
Noel Maye, CEO of the Denver-based Financial Planning Standards Board, is standing down after 20 years at the helm of the global Financial Planning standards organisation which sets the benchmarks for Certified Financial Planners around the world. Financial Planning Today caught up with him to ask him about his milestones, the progress of Financial Planning in the UK and his plans for the future.