1825, Standard Life’s wholly-owned Financial Planning business, is to acquire Munro Partnership Limited in Scotland as part of a plan to expand its Scottish financial planning interests.

UK portfolios are the most cautiously positioned in Europe with investors fleeing riskier assets for the relative safety of cash to shelter from turbulent global markets, according to a worldwide survey. Read more...

TISA, the financial services association, has confirmed plans to help the industry meet the challenge set out in the Financial Advice Market Review final report and in the Budget to make the pensions dashboard a reality.