A financial adviser who was convicted of trespassing and theft has launched an appeal against the FCA’s decision to cancel his permission.

AFH, the growing Financial Planning and wealth management firm, has acquired Bay Financial Management Limited, an IFA firm based in Honiton, Devon in a deal worth £1.4m.

St James Place has confirmed it has bought the Dorking firm HJP IFA for an undisclosed sum.

A new study has found that only 15% of self-employed people are “very optimistic” about having enough money in retirement and 75% don’t regularly save into a pension.

Landbay, the peer-to-peer investment platform specialising in buy-to-let mortgages, has claimed to be one of the first peer-to-peer platforms to launch an Innovative Finance Isa (IFISA).

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a Green Paper to consult on significant proposed changes to workplace Defined Benefit pensions which cover 11m people.

Bristol-based investment company Hargreaves Lansdown says it believes that a DWP consultation paper on occupational pensions, due to be published imminently, will mean a major shake up to workplace pensions.

In its response to the pension scams consultation, the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has rejected a call to outlaw SSAS schemes and says it is “stunned” the idea has been proposed.

The Serious Fraud Office has today charged David Ames, chairman of the Harlequin Group of companies, which was used by Sipp investors, with three counts of Fraud by Abuse of Position, contrary to section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006.

A salary benchmarking website has found financial services employees only the sixth most bored at work in terms of leading professions.