Wealth manager Tilney Smith & Williamson has acquired Surrey Financial Planner HFS Milbourne which has approximately £450m of client assets under influence.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to make protecting jobs and business - and boosting recovery chances - core elements of his Budget set to be announced in the House of Commons at 12.30 pm today.

Blue Gate Capital has entered liquidation following censure from the FCA over investors who lost money investing in the Connaught Income Fund.

Royal London has acquired fintech firm Wealth Wizards from Liverpool Victoria for an undisclosed sum.

Investment platform AJ Bell Investcentre has launched a responsible managed portfolio service range for financial advisers.

Private equity firm Flexpoint Ford has increased its acquisition bid for Financial Planning group AFH Financial.

IFA consolidator Radiant Financial Group has appointed Alan Hopley as head of Financial Planning & Analysis.

Tavistock is to review its leadership team incentivisation at a general shareholders meeting as it looks to remove the use of share options in a bid to boost profits.

The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) has launched a new retirement planning qualification.

The FCA has scrapped performance-related pay and bonuses for senior FCA executives and is to cut average salaries for executive committee members this year following the £236m collapse of mini-bond provider London Capital & Finance.