A robo-adviser service has been bought out by Blackrock and will operate within its US investment and risk management platform. Read more ...

A petition calling for an independent review of the regulation of financial advisory firms and the FSCS is closing in on 500 signatures. Read more ...

Just over half a million over 40s intend to use their pension to repay their mortgage, research by an IFP corporate member suggests. Read more ...

The dividend tax will be increased over the next few years until it starts to be more expensive to operate a small business through a company, a tax expert has predicted. Read more ...

A Financial Planning firm has struck a deal to work with a multi-manager DFM business. Read more ...

Four past IFP presidents have thrown their weight behind a proposed merger with the CISI. Read more ...

Tilney Bestinvest has moved to beef up its presence in the Midlands by acquiring a Financial Planning firm. Read more ...

The Financial Ombudsman Service took on 173,994 new cases in the first half of 2015 – an overall increase of 8% on the previous period. Read more ...

Two Financial Planning businesses have been acquired by Succession Group in a double deal worth £7m. Read more ...

A single Lifetime ISA for everyone should be created with all tax reliefs on pensions contributions being scrapped, a leading figure at the Centre for Policy Studies has proposed. Read more ...