Pictet Asset Management, which specialises in thematic investing, has announced the launch of Pictet-Robotics.

Legal & General Investment Management has recruited a head of workplace defined contributions (product & proposition) to continue its “commitment to growth”.

The Financial Planning software company Prestwood has signed up former IFP President Julie Lord as a director.

AXA Wealth has unveiled a new online ‘LifePlanning’ toolkit for advisers to use with clients to give them a “clearer view” of their financial well-being.

FundsNetwork says that its sales data reveals that amid turbulent markets centred around China’s stock market crisis in August, investors have taken shelter within defensive assets.

Partnership is to launch the Enhanced Retirement Account [ERA] Sipp which will offer consumers access to a guaranteed income and the flexibility of drawdown as well as an opportunity for investment growth.

New research from Aberdeen Asset Management reveals the extent of confusion about the pensions and savings system in the UK and how unimportant tax relief is to individuals’ decision making.

The most important aspect of Financial Planning is giving clients access to the right advice at the right time and in the right place, Bellpenny’s new chief executive has said.

Tavistock Wealth and BlackRock have jointly launched a new portfolio range called Tavistock Profiles to Tavistock’s financial advisers and clients.

Growth in business volumes for financial services firms slowed in the three months to September as optimism levelled out, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.