Canaccord Genuity Group, the Canadian-owned wealth manager expanding in the UK, is to acquire £900m AUM London and Cambridge Chartered Financial Planner Cantab Asset Management.

The Personal Finance Society has appointed experienced financial services CEO Piers White as its first independent chair, a new role created by the organisation following its internal governance review completed last year.  

Pension consultancy Isio has launched a new platform to allow investors such as pension schemes to sell illiquid assets more efficiently.



Savers put £11.7bn into cash ISAs in April, the best ever month for cash ISA savings since they were introduced back in 1999.

Pensions could yet prove to be a decisive issue in the upcoming election with nearly nine in ten working people (88%) wanting whichever party wins the election to do more to help people save for retirement, according to new research.

Investment and finance firms must give investors accurate information on sustainability under new anti-greenwashing rules introduced by the FCA which come into effect today.

Eight in ten (83%) of UK adults would support a government review to see whether the current pension system is delivering adequate retirement income, according to a new report.

Pension and investments provider Aegon has launched a CPD hub for advisers to help them address ongoing regulatory challenges.

Higher inflation data for non-retired households released today by the Office for National Statistics could put pressure on the pensions Triple Lock pledge, according to consultancy Broadstone.

NS&I has raised the rate on its Direct Saver and Income Bond accounts a month after launching its one-year British Saving Bonds.