The FCA has commenced civil proceeding in the High Court against Paul Steel for providing unsuitable defined benefit pension transfer advice.

Openwork’s Mike Morrow and Investec’s Ciaran Whelan have joined the board of wealth manager trade body PIMFA.

Martin Brown, managing partner of national IFA and Financial Planning firm Continuum (Financial Services) LLP, has spoken exclusively to Financial Planning Today about opportunities this year, the challenges of business growth in a pandemic, and how he spends his spare time working as 'Bob the Builder'.

National advice firm Foster Denovo has added a passive managed range of five portfolios to its Sustainable Dynamic Portfolios.

Financial adviser network and wealth manager Tavistock has reported a reduction in new advisory business levels, influenced by its advisers’ ability to meet with clients during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Private equity-owned platform James Hay is to buy rival Nucleus Financial for £145m in an all-cash deal announced today.

Shortcomings at the FCA call centre meant the watchdog failed to take early action on the failed mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance (LCF) despite over 600 calls from worried clients.

Wealth manager Brown Shipley has recruited Calum Brewster from Julius Baer to be its new managing director, head of private banking & client solutions. 

A growth in numbers in Scotland has helped the US-based Kinder Institute of Life Planning notch up its 500th Registered Life Planner globally.

New direct investment by consumers fuelled a surge in net ISA sales in 2020 to £5.6bn - up 77.3% on 2019’s £3.2bn, according to a new report.