The Financial Conduct Authority has warned that some firms could be involved in “malpractice” by making unsolicited offers to former British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members who have not yet made complaints.

Platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown has launched three new ready-made portfolio funds that spread money across a range of global equities and bonds.

Don MacIntyre, interim chief executive of the Personal Finance Society, has praised the “passion and strength of feeling” of PFS members following the conclusion today of its member consultation on its dispute with parent body the CII.

Pension experts have called for pension tax reform to help meet Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's call to get more people back into work, including older workers, to help Britain.

The latest issue of Financial Planning Today Magazine has just been published and includes a detailed analysis of the fierce dispute between the Personal Financial Society and the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Derby-based Chartered Financial Planner Jamie Lavery has joined national IFA Continuum to look after the Derbyshire area for the Financial Planning focused business.

The year has not started well for the adviser sector with nearly a dozen firms already declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

SSAS firm WestBridge is rebranding as The WBR Group after completing its acquisition of failed pension firm Rowanmoor’s SSAS business.

Legal & General chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson will retire this year once a replacement is found, after more than a decade in the role and 14 years with the firm.

Baroness Manzoor has been reappointed as chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service after serving more than three and a half years in the role.