Brewin Dolphin has bought the UK private client investment management business of Duncan Lawrie by acquiring Duncan Lawrie Asset Management Limited (DLAM).

More must be done to lift perceptions of the Financial Planning and advice profession, the PFS says, after a former Pensions Minister said the Government doesn’t understand what advisers do.

Clients are allowed to pay for advice on lump sum investments in instalments, the regulator has reiterated in a notice to advisers, following findings in FAMR.

The Pensions Regulator has reached a £255m settlement after taking anti-avoidance action against one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of sewing threads.

The Bank of England has held its base rate at 0.25%, it announced at midday.

The Bank of England has held its base rate at 0.25%, it announced at midday.

The former Pensions Minister has suggested the Government doesn’t understand what Financial Planners do and claimed they lack a strong body to represent them.

The ombudsman has ordered Prudential to pay a couple £35,600 after their endowment policy was fraudulently cashed in.

Cashflow modelling is an extremely good tool where ‘appropriate’, the Personal Finance Society’s chief executive says.

The ABI has hit out at plans to make product providers cough up more to fund the FSCS, suggesting they are unjustified.