NatWest is to acquire a majority shareholding in Cushon, the workplace savings and pensions fintech, for £144m.

The FSCS has declared in default Maidstone-based retirement adviser H&F Financial Limited (FRN 778297).

The DWP has appointed experienced FCA regulator executive Mary Starks to lead a review of the The Pensions Regulator.

Sara Weller, a former joint MD of Sainsbury’s, has been appointed the new chair of the Money and Pensions Service, the government-funded consumer personal finance guidance service.

UK equity funds have been named as the worst performers in the latest influential Spot The Dog report.

The FCA has restricted Campbell & Associates Independent Financial Advice Ltd of Hants after concerns about £1.5m in client funds being potentially 'misappropriated'.

Discretionary fund manager Copia Capital Management has launched a free online Consumer Duty Toolkit for adviser firms.

Four property developers from the same family have been jailed for multiple counts of mortgage and investment fraud which resulted in investors losing over £1.5m while the defendants reaped a benefit of over £2.8m.

The latest figures from the ONS day show that the UK avoided recession in the fourth quarter of 2022 but there was zero growth.

Pensions and employee benefits firm Broadstone is to acquire York-based consulting actuaries H&C.