Personal Finance Society members want the CEO role - held by Keith Richards until the position was axed last year - to be reinstated, according to the results of a major CII / PFS membership consultation.

Online D2C platform interactive investor has launched what it calls an ‘ultra low cost’ SIPP with a flat fee of £12.99 a month.

Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo is to acquire Revera Asset Management for £2.8m.

Former Financial Ombudsman CEO Natalie Ceeney has joined the board of LV= as a non-executive director.

The pandemic has resulted in a boom in younger clients signing up for Financial Planning services, according to Plymouth-based national Financial Planner Continuum.

Fintech FE fundinfo is to acquire Fundsquare, a fund registration and regulatory services provider based in Luxembourg.

Fund manager Jupiter has reported a return to better financial health after the pandemic with pre-tax profits up 21% to £217m.

Fund manager and wealth manager M&G has appointed mergers and acquisitions legal expert and Treasury board member Edward Braham as its new chair on an annual fee of £525,000. 

Chartered Financial Planner Tom Barnett has been promoted to be managing director of two wealth management and Financial Planning firms with £1bn under management and advice.

Sky News is reporting that wealth manager and Financial Planner Brooks Macdonald is plotting a £300m bid for fund manager 7IM.