The Personal Finance Society has welcomed a boost this week to Government-backed apprenticeships for SMEs which could help with personal finance recruitment.

Standard Life is to move 120 service staff working for its Elevate platform to support provider FNZ.

Boston Multi Family Office has completed its acquisition of IQE, an Isle of Man fiduciary, following approval by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority.

Online adviser directory provider Unbiased has revealed the first winners of its new Trusted Professional Annual Awards.

The FCA is to regulate pre-paid funeral plans from summer 2022, it announced this week.

Whitman Asset Management has launched its first fund with a focus on growth opportunities in the UK small cap market.

Aviva has announced in its latest interim report that it will pay out a dividend of nearly a third less than it did before the Coronavirus pandemic.

Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has acquired Leamington Spa-based Financial Planning firm Bishop Armstrong for an undisclosed sum.

Financial advisers should help women make the most of personal allowances and reassess their concept of risk to help close the pension gender gap, according to investment platform Parmenion.

Asset manager Avellemy has appointed Graham Bentley as non-executive director and chair to its board.