HSBC has targeted the UAE for the launch of its new global digital trading platform World Trader which is aimed at the mass affluent market.

Two of the UK’s biggest investment trust providers, Alliance Trust and Witan, plan to merge to create a £5bn AUM business.

More workers than ever fear they will never be able to afford to retire or will have to delay retirement because of the soaring cost of living, according to a new study.

Adviser network Openwork has announced a new three year £150,000 partnership with the financial and enterprise education charity Young Enterprise which aims to help disadvantaged young people into work.

The Consumer Duty Alliance is offering Financial Planners and adviser firms which are members a free version of Money Alive Office videos, including its new ‘Investment Risk’ and popular ‘Protect Yourself From Scams’ box sets.

Women are more likely to vote for a political party that keeps the Triple Lock, cuts council tax or pledges to avoid increasing the state pension.

The financial services sector needs to look at the “cultural change” that the FCA is creating through its regulations surrounding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) rather than the regulations per se, the Chartered Insurance Institute has urged.

Despite pension transfer volumes rising, transfer times have been decreasing, according to new data published by fintech Origo.

Lancaster Investment Management has criticised the potential £5.4bn takeover of Hargreaves Lansdown by a private equity consortium.

People with a DC pension are divided when it comes to confidence about their future comfortable retirement, according to new research.