Wealth manager Brown Shipley has appointed former Julius Baer executive Gordon Scott as head of strategic partnerships and entrepreneurs network.

New complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) rose 20% year on year in between July and September, as Coronavirus pandemic-related gripes continue to rise.

Chartered Financial Planner Fairstone has made £5.4m in excess payments to outperforming firms it has acquired through its downstream buy out programme.

Pensions transfer data showed a high proportion of 'red flags' in October with over 60% of transfers showing signs of possible scams.

The Financial Conduct Authority is set to increase fees paid by new businesses seeking authorisation, according to its latest consultation paper.

Pensions and investment planning software firm Selectapension has unveiled 'Quote & Apply' - a new tool for advisers to speed up the application process - and has signed up Aegon as the first provider.

Stephen Lansdown, one of the two founders of online investment platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, has sold £103m of shares in the business.

Sheffield-based Financial Planners Belmayne have enlisted their local MP to help them fight rising FSCS levy costs which have seen the firm hit with £2,000 bill increase.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has rebranded its US interests as Kingswood US as it takes a private-equity funded, majority stake in a US adviser firm.

Mortgage and protection business Just Mortgages, part of the Openwork network, is to launch a new wealth division in January called Just Wealth.