Ian Ackerley, the CEO of government-backed savings provider NS&I, is to step down in March at the end of his second three-year term running the organisation. 

Investment platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has appointed its deputy CEO Michael Summersgill to succeed founder Andy Bell as CEO from 1 October, subject to regulatory approval. 

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment - the professional body for Certified Financial Planners and other finance professionals - has appointed Tracy Vegro, a director at the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority, as its new chief executive.

The FCA and PRA have dropped plans to ban and fine a former CEO - accused of paying his wife excessive sums to avoid tax - following a damning Upper Tribunal judgment.