Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined plans for the UK’s first Sovereign Green Bond, as part of plans to make the UK attractive to financial services firms after Brexit.

A property investment company and a connected security trustee firm have been wound up by the courts after defrauding £2.85m from clients who believed their investments were protected.

Rathbone Unit Trust Management (Rathbones) will introduce its High Quality Bond Fund to a broader base of cornerstone UK investors, it has revealed.

AFH Financial Group, the Financial Planning-led wealth manager, is to raise up to £20 million on the stock market through a bond issue to fund future acquisitions and investment.