The FCA will take over regulation of binary options from the Gambling Commission from 3 January in the wake of a growing number of investment scams which have cheated investors out of millions.

Aviva has agreed to acquire Irish insurer Friends First Life Assurance Company (Friends First) for €130m (£116m).

The Pensions Regulator has warned that it will take firm action, including prosecution, against employers who fail to pay into pensions after its first successful court case against an employer for failing to contribute to an auto-enrolment scheme.

The FCA has issued a Consultation Paper today outlining a proposal to potentially charge firms up to £100 year for paper fee invoices.

Shares in SIPP provider STM Group were suspended from the AIM market today at 7.30 am as the group - whose chief executive was arrested in October - announced an acquisition.

Rapidly expanding Financial Planning business AFH has acquired Colchester-based Financial Planner Britton Financial for £2m, adding £57m of funds under management.

Six members of a crime group have been jailed for a total of 45 years for a £107.9 million, eco-investment tax scam believed to be one of the UK’s biggest tax crimes.

Chartered Financial Planners Beacon Wealth Management has this week teamed up for the 7th year with BBC Children In Need’s Pudsey Bear.

Paraplanners Kelly Guttridge and Jo Radcliffe will be hosting 'The Powwow in the Middle' event, the next in the Powwow series, which will be held in Oxfordshire.

The Treasury says that a further 26 companies have signed up to the Women in Finance Charter, including Old Mutual Wealth, Allianz, the Bank of England, Deloitte and Tesco Bank - increasing the number of employees covered by the Charter to over 600,000.