Investment firm RWC Partners has completed the takeover of Europe-specialist Pensato Capital.

A team from wealth advisers Sanlam UK will be joined by a former England cricket star as they take part in their own version of the Tour de France to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Investment management firm Smith & Williamson has launched a new global inflation-linked bond fund.

Some 46% of firms in the financial services sector have increased their staffing numbers in recent months, according to the latest survey by the CBI and PwC Financial Services.

A Wiltshire-based Chartered Financial Planning firm has agreed a sponsorship deal with a local football club, just weeks before the new football season begins.

West Midlands-based Financial Planning firm Newell Palmer has added to its growing client base with the purchase of Wright Financial Planning.

Investment firm Tilney has continued its major recruitment drive with the appointment of a new business development director.

The Financial Conduct Authority has identified a number of pension areas where ‘intervention’ may be necessary following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015.

Today’s FCA report on the retirement reforms “looks like a regulatory cry for help”, a pensions expert says.

The FCA’s findings in its Retirement Outcomes Review are ‘disturbing’ and show ‘bonkers’ behaviour from savers, industry commentators said this morning.