National wealth manager Bellpenny announced today that it has completed the takeover of two more adviser firms with more than 250 clients combined.

The FCA has this morning told advisers what it considers to be poor practice when advising insistent clients. Read more ...

Lloyds has escaped a £167m penalty but has still been handed the largest ever retail fine by the FCA - £117m. Read more ...

A Financial Planner is getting ready to run through fire and crawl under barbed wire this month. Read more ...

Two key executive roles at the FCA have been filled this morning, with the regulator announcing appointments as part of a management and structural overhaul. Read more ...

Many wealth managers, life and pensions companies have failed to realise the potential ramifications of new EU regulations, a savings body has warned. Read more ...

The chief executive of Succession Group says it “is commercially and morally right” to train his staff to at least Level 6 qualification after embarking on a pilot scheme with the IFP. Read more ...

A Barclays Wealth vice president has been snapped up by Financial Planning firm Towry. Read more ...

Five people from the West Midlands and one from Dorset have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in an estimated £200,000 Self Assessment fraud. Read more ...

The Bank of England has left its Bank Rate unchanged at half a per cent and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion - extending the record period of stability. Read more ...