FNZ Group has completed the acquisition of leading German investment platform company ebase (European Bank for Financial Services) from Comdirect Bank in a transaction worth €154 million. 

Wealth management group Tilney has established a Financial Planning team to cover Winchester and the surrounding area.  

Financial Planning and wealth management firm, The RU Group, has made two new senior hires at its Nottingham HQ.

LinkedIn remains the top choice of social media platform for advisers to promote their businesses but Facebook has gained the biggest increase overall, according to Intelliflo's annual social media survey.

Transfer volumes through the Origo Transfer Service have increased by 20% year on year between 30 June 2018 and 30 June this year, to over 680k, it has been revealed.

Arbuthnot Latham, the wealth management and Financial Planning arm of the Arbuthnot Banking Group, has boosted profits by 24%.

Yorkshire-based wealth manager Leodis Wealth has recruited an ex-HSBC client manager as an associate director to help drive the launch of its new Financial Planning operation.

The Pensions Regulator says it will target advisers after uncovering evidence that some are helping employers change identity to avoid their auto-enrolment obligations.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has opened the door to compensation claims from consumers after declaring 11 failed firms, including several adviser and wealth manager businesses, in default in June.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 2% in June 2019, unchanged from May 2019.