The retail financial services sector has welcomed the UK-EU trade deal announced on Christmas Eve but warned that many question remain on the future of the financial services sector post-Brexit.

Nearly one in five people (17%) who tried to take out a basic financial product during the Coronavirus pandemic had their applications rejected.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned corporate trustee Audax Pension Trust and one of its directors, Edward Martin Kelly, from acting as pension scheme trustees after multiple governance failures.

The FCA has urged financial services firms to be ready for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December as it prepares to make 300 updates to its website.

Nearly 120 pension schemes have signed up to back a campaign launched by The Pensions Regulator to do more to fight pensions scams.

One in four (25%) of UK adults plan to give their assets away while they are still alive, according to a new survey.

Wealth manager Walker Crips has made three appointments to drive the growth of its wealth division including a Chartered Financial Planner.

Expanding adviser investment research and fund ratings group RSMR has hired former Janus Henderson executive James Senior to be its first head of marketing.

The FCA’s Financial Services Register will be offline for five days from 31 December to 4 January while the regulator makes Brexit-related changes.

Wealth manager has completed the £7.8m takeover of Chartered Financial Planner firm Harpsden Wealth Management it announced in November.