Investment management and SIPP provider Redmayne Bentley has reported a 27% increase in profits for its latest financial year thanks to a strong final quarter.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood is to raise a further £20m to fund its acquisition war-chest.

The former interim chief executive of the FCA Christopher Woolard has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.

West Country-based Financial Planning firm Old Mill is planning to expand and recruit more Financial Planners in 2021 following the completion of a three year restructuring programme.

The Financial Conduct Authority has appointed Quilter chief executive Paul Feeney as chair of its independent Practitioner Panel.

The pandemic may lead to permanent adoption of healthier lifestyles by millions of people, according to research for AIG Life.

The retail financial services sector has welcomed the UK-EU trade deal announced on Christmas Eve but warned that many question remain on the future of the financial services sector post-Brexit.

Nearly one in five people (17%) who tried to take out a basic financial product during the Coronavirus pandemic had their applications rejected.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned corporate trustee Audax Pension Trust and one of its directors, Edward Martin Kelly, from acting as pension scheme trustees after multiple governance failures.

The FCA has urged financial services firms to be ready for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December as it prepares to make 300 updates to its website.