The latest figures from the ONS day show that the UK avoided recession in the fourth quarter of 2022 but there was zero growth.

Four property developers from the same family have been jailed for multiple counts of mortgage and investment fraud which resulted in investors losing over £1.5m while the defendants reaped a benefit of over £2.8m.

Discretionary fund manager Copia Capital Management has launched a free online Consumer Duty Toolkit for adviser firms.

The FCA has restricted Campbell & Associates Independent Financial Advice Ltd of Hants after concerns about £1.5m in client funds being potentially 'misappropriated'.

Amid a sea of gloomy news - zero growth anyone? - it was cheering to see this week that global Financial Planner numbers are on the rise.

UK equity funds have been named as the worst performers in the latest influential Spot The Dog report.

Sara Weller, a former joint MD of Sainsbury’s, has been appointed the new chair of the Money and Pensions Service, the government-funded consumer personal finance guidance service.

The DWP has appointed experienced FCA regulator executive Mary Starks to lead a review of the The Pensions Regulator.

The FSCS has declared in default Maidstone-based retirement adviser H&F Financial Limited (FRN 778297).

NatWest is to acquire a majority shareholding in Cushon, the workplace savings and pensions fintech, for £144m.