Adviser network Validpath has added £300m AUM Devon-based adviser Manning & Company to its network and IFA community. 

Discretionary Managed Portfolio Services (MPS) assets have hit £208bn after strong growth of 32% year on year, according to NextWealth’s latest MPS Asset Update report.

The FCA has taken action against ex-fund manager Neil Woodford and W4.0, Mr Woodford's financial information website, for operating without authorisation.

Targeted support could boost the number of savers and investors seeking regulated financial advice, reckons Plymouth Financial Planner Continuum.

The FCA has secured a confiscation order of £452,286.80 against convicted fraudster Daniel Pugh, who is serving a seven years and six months jail sentence for defrauding investors out of £1.3m.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) are inviting applications for the next cohort of their flagship New Generation Programme.

Tax year-end activity in Q1 fuelled a £2.3bn increase in net platform flows in April despite continuing market volatility.

Nearly a quarter (23%) of UK advisers have responded to heightened market uncertainty and volatility by increasing actively managed investment allocations.

I was heartened this week by the efforts of Welsh Financial Planning firm Celtic Financial Planning to both help improve children’s financial literacy and support local charities.

The FCA says that it could save investment firms £20m a year under its new proposals to simplify and streamline climate reporting.