Abrdn (formerly Standard Life Wrap), Aviva, Praemium and Quilter are to offer AJ Bell Investments’ managed portfolio service (MPS) to boost the number of Financial Planners able to access the funds.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported a decline in life expectancy among men for the first time since the figures began being collected in the 1980s.

Fraud losses leapt by 30% in the first half of the year as criminals turned to investment frauds increasingly pushed via social media.

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has promoted CFO Michael Summersgill to the newly-created role of deputy chief executive officer.