The FCA has fined former adviser Neil Sedgwick Dwane £100,281 for insider dealing and banned him from working for UK financial services.

Wealth manager St James’s Place has reported that funds under management have topped £200bn in assets for the first time, climbing 12% in the year to date to reach £212.39bn.

Four in five advised clients (81%) are anxious around potential changes in the upcoming Budget, according to a new report.

The advice arm of asset manager Aberdeen has reported £0.5bn in outflows for the quarter ended 30 September.

The Personal Financial Society, and sister professional body the Chartered Insurance Institute, honoured 350 new graduates at an awards ceremony in London.

Core net inflows rose 28% year-on-year to £2.2bn at wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter in the third quarter of the year.

Former CISI Financial Planning Forum chairman and experienced UK Financial Planner Amyr Rocha Lima will join the board of the global Financial Planning Standards Board from 1 April.

The FCA has updated its cyber disruption guidance for regulated firms, including how firms should respond to disruption at a third party, following several recent high profile internet outages and cyber attacks.

The State Pension is almost certain to rise by 4.8% in April due to stubborn CPI inflation figures, the latest of which were published today by the Office for National Statistics.

Less than one in five, 17%, of financial advisers believe hiring younger colleagues would help them to attract new clients, but new research suggests the opportunity may be bigger than they realise.