Financial Planning firm Tavistock Investments has acquired Precise Protect, an insurance and protection business based in Bangor, Northern Ireland, for £7m.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has boosted its Edinburgh office with the appointment of Chartered Financial Planner Duncan Arthur as Financial Planning director.

Richard Mattison, director at SSAS specialist Whitehall Group, comments on the scrapping of the Lifetime Allowance, the raising the Annual Allowance and the unintended consequences they could cause.

Sussex-based private equity firm Cow Corner Investing has merged two Brighton-based financial advice firms it has acquired into one business with £1.5bn of assets.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared in default advice firm Salford-based SQ Wealth, which formerly traded as Quays Wealth Management (FRN: 707844).

The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), the global Financial Planning professional body, has appointed a new chair and board leaders to support worldwide professional standards in Financial Planning.

UK investors moved £409m into funds in February as ISA savers continued to commit to long-term investing, according to the fund sector's trade body.

The Financial Conduct Authority will host an international forum designed to develop tools to tackle the rising tide of greenwashing in financial services.

The raft of pension changes announced by the Chancellor in the March Budget has fuelled an increase in enquiries from clients, according to new research.

More than 500 doctors have unnecessarily paid more than £17.7m in Lifetime Allowance (LTA) charges, according to new research.