Fairstone, one of the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firms, has acquired Essex-based Andrew Cohen Associates after integrating the business under its Downstream Buy Out model.

Wealth management and financial advice trade body PIMFA has called on the Government to tighten the rules on the promotion of unregulated financial promotions.

International wealth manager deVere has said Nigel Farage’s advocating a DIY approach to investing could be monumentally risky for inexperienced investors reading his newsletter.

Only 4% of pension savers would opt out of free pension guidance if they were ‘auto-enrolled.’

The FCA has today publicly censured Aviva plc for making a stock market  announcement that had the potential to mislead retail investors.

Wealth manager EQ Investors is to host an impact investing webinar for Financial Planners tomorrow to coincide with Good Money Week which gets under way today.

Activist investment firm PrimeStone Capital LLP wants a radical shake-up of wealth manager St James’s Place after accusing the firm of having a "bloated" organisational structure and suffering dismal share price performance.

Fidelity has acquired Legal & General Investment Management’s UK Personal Investing business which manages £5.8bn in assets for 300,000 clients.

Financial services company Mazars, which has a substantial UK Financial Planning arm, has launched a global rebrand.

The Financial Services Bill received its first reading in Parliament this week as the Government focuses on getting the financial services sector ready for Brexit.