Acquisitive wealth management and Financial Planning firm Fairstone has acquired Belfast-based ASM Financial Planning with over £250m of funds under management.

The Chartered Insurance Institute is to launch a consultation with its 125,000 members on the future of its Personal Finance Society arm after barring a last-minute no-confidence motion at today’s AGM.

Google is to make it harder for non-FCA authorised firms to advertise financial products in the UK without advance verification.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared 10 financial firms in default in April and May, including several financial advisers.

Quilter Financial Planning chair Chris Samuel has been appointed a non-executive director of the main company’s board with effect from 1 July.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to order "significantly" higher standards at some 'host' Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) where it has identified weaknesses.

A Leicester woman has been sentenced to two years in prison after stealing a pensioner’s life savings after falsely promising to repay it when she inherited a £3.5m trust fund that did not exist.

Over three-quarters (78%) of Financial Planners expect more of their clients will look to equity release to support their retirement income needs over the next year, according to a new report.

Around four in ten people retire with no Financial Planning according to a new report.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pension guidance consultation is too skewed to promotion Pension Wise and risks detracting from Financial Planners who may better serve customers, according to pension and investment providers.