Investment manager and SIPP provider Redmayne Bentley is celebrating its 145-year anniversary by funding the training and support of 145 Samaritans volunteers for a year.

The owners of major UK adviser platforms Transact and James Hay have tabled cash offers for competitor Nucleus.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched a new sustainable fund of funds range under its ‘MyFolio’ brand.

Total customers for investment platform AJ Bell increased by 27% to 295,305 over the course of its financial year ending 30 September.

New Model Business Academy, the adviser academy run by SimplyBiz, has been criticised by education inspector Ofsted for a second year after it was found to be “making insufficient progress” from its previous inspection.

UK investors prioritised diversification as global equity and global bonds became the two top best-selling sectors in October 2020, according to the latest figures from the Investment Association.

António Horta-Osório, group CEO and director of the Lloyds Banking Group, will step down in April after being proposed for election as the chairman of the board of Credit Suisse.

Platform technology provider Seccl has launched a drawdown illustration tool to help Financial Planners support clients through their retirement income planning.

Financial adviser numbers have risen by 1,400 (4%) since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR), ending years of decline.

Independent Wealth Planners UK (IWP) has acquired Financial Planning firm Donald Wealth Management in its tenth deal of 2020, for an undisclosed sum.