Fast-growing Financial Planner Perspective Financial Group has appointed Sam Smith as its group acquisitions director as it looks to finalise more deals.

Crispin Odey, founding partner of Odey Asset Management, has pleaded not guilty to indecent assault at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Financial Planning Week is to run online and on social media 5-11 October to help promote consumer awareness and understanding of how Financial Planning can help consumers.

The insurance and long-term savings sector has hit its target of raising £100m for charity through the Covid-19 Support Fund.

Total investments managed in the UK grew by 10% during 2019 and were near to pre-pandemic levels by the summer, according to new data from the fund managers’ body the Investment Association.

One in four consumers over 25 (26%) say they are “not confident” about their financial situation due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by the CISI ahead of Financial Planning Week 2020.

Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank, has recruited two experienced wealth managers from UBS Wealth Management to boost its growth plans in Scotland.

LV= has confirmed renewed speculation that it may tie-up with a third party - with Royal London the rumoured potential merger or takeover candidate, according to industry speculation.

LV= confirmed today it is in exclusive talks with Bain Capital, the US private equity owner of esure, about a potential deal.

Chartered Financial Planning firm Fairstone has signed up the eighth firm this year to its buy-out programme – West Midlands-based Complete Financial Planning.