Sheffield-based Financial Planners Belmayne have enlisted their local MP to help them fight rising FSCS levy costs which have seen the firm hit with £2,000 bill increase.

Stephen Lansdown, one of the two founders of online investment platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, has sold £103m of shares in the business.

Pensions transfer data showed a high proportion of 'red flags' in October with over 60% of transfers showing signs of possible scams.

Pensions and investment planning software firm Selectapension has unveiled 'Quote & Apply' - a new tool for advisers to speed up the application process - and has signed up Aegon as the first provider.

The Financial Conduct Authority is set to increase fees paid by new businesses seeking authorisation, according to its latest consultation paper.

New complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) rose 20% year on year in between July and September, as Coronavirus pandemic-related gripes continue to rise.

Wealth manager Brown Shipley has appointed former Julius Baer executive Gordon Scott as head of strategic partnerships and entrepreneurs network.

The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has fined ComparetheMarket £17.9m after it found that clauses used in the comparison site’s contracts with home insurers breached competition law.

The number of pension withdrawals in August and September increase dramatically, according to new data.

Almost four in ten financial advisers have reported a decrease in the number of clients looking to engage their services since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.