Underlying profit before tax rose 18% year-on-year to £17.1m (H1 FY23: £14.5m) for wealth manager and Financial Planner Brooks Macdonald for the six months ended 31 December.

UK retail savers took £24.3bn out of investment funds in 2023, according to the latest data from the Investment Association.

Three in five (60%) women have failed to do any pension planning outside workplace auto-enrolment, according to a new report published to coincide with International Women's Day today.

Private equity investor Pollen Street Capital is to acquire SIPPs and Financial Planning firm Mattioli Woods in a £432m deal announced today.

The FCA said today that it would step up its efforts to tackle misconduct such as bullying and sexual harassment at regulated firms.

Chartered Financial Planner Craven Street Wealth has completed its acquisition of Punter Southall Aspire’s Financial Planning division which was announced in January.

Don’t reach for your hankies just yet, but I’m beginning to feel a touch of sympathy for our much-lambasted Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

Compliance was the top reason for whistleblowers to complain to the FCA in December, with 41 reports being made to the regulator about the issue during the month.

A 65-year-old with a £100,000 pension could earn up to £7,430 per year from an annuity, the highest since last October, according to data from Hargreaves Lansdown.

North Wales-based Celtic Financial Planning has recruited former AFH Wealth Management Chartered Financial Planner Chris Lloyd to extend the firm’s operations in the North West of England.