Schroders Personal Wealth, the new Financial Planning joint venture between Schroders and Lloyds Bank, has added two experienced hires from Morningstar and Quilter Cheviot.

The case for reform of the Pension Freedoms is growing with news this week that hundreds of thousands of consumers are taking money out of pensions and most likely shovelling it into low interest bank accounts.

Wealth managers and fund managers are the most likely financial services firms to recover swiftly post-lockdown, according to predictions from a City adviser and research company.

Shareholders in fund manager Jupiter have voted to approve the takeover of rival Merian at the company’s AGM this week.

What a difference a couple of weeks can make. In my last article I asked just what is “fair and reasonable” in the context of recent Financial Ombudsman’s (FoS) determinations relating to SIPPs and specifically referred to one recent decision involving Liberty SIPP Limited.

Wealth manager and SIPP firm Mattioli Woods has recruited Mark Stokes from Succession Wealth as its new business and acquisition development officer.

AJ Bell is to provide access on its adviser platform to selected DFM funds from the second half of 2020, it revealed in its six month interim results out today.

The Personal Finance Society has called for a four month ‘waiver’ for financial advice firms struggling to find affordable Professional Indemnity insurance during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has blamed potential claims from the London Capital & Finance (LCF) mini-bond scandal for an additional £44m cost in its £649m 2020/21 budget.

The Edinburgh-based private bank Adam & Company has appointed former Barclays Wealth Planning director Andy Hall as its new Financial Planning director.