The Pensions Advisory Service and the Money Advice Service, both government-backed financial guidance bodies, have launched an ‘integrated’ webchat service.

Tavistock investments has reported a 130% increase in discretionary funds under management to £745m thanks to organic growth.

The charity group Mental Health has announced the launch of a website designed to help sufferers of mental health who have money issues.

The FCA has warned that four asset management firms - Artemis Investment Management LLP, Hargreave Hale Ltd, Newton Investment Management Limited and River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP - may have broken competition law.

Brown Shipley, the wealth planner and investment manager, has hired Andrew Butler-Cassar from rival Investec Wealth & Investment as head of its London office, a newly created role.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has rolled out additional advice services to cater to clients’ financial needs, expanding into rival territory.

New consumer research has found that more than three quarters (77%) of people are shunning financial advisers when it comes to retirement planning and opting to 'go it alone.'

Growing financial adviser group LEBC is launching a graduate programme which will lead to Chartered Financial Planner status in a bid to tackle a shortage of young recruits.

The FCA has begun civil proceedings in relation to “alleged misleading statements” on pension investments by a pension lead generation firm called Avacade Investment Options.

Investment provider and wealth manager Hargreaves Landsdown says that Fidelity’s radical fund management fee changes may be too complicated for investors to understand.