One of South Africa’s biggest independent financial advisers AlphaWealth has entered the UK Financial Planning market by acquiring a majority stake in UK Chartered Financial Planner Holborn Financial and plans to acquire more firms.

LEBC’s well known public policy director Kay Ingram is leaving the company after 18 years to pursue a new career as a personal finance writer, commentator and broadcaster.

Tilney Smith & Williamson has hired experienced Chartered Financial Planner and Dementia Champion Natasha Etherton for its Maidstone office as part of a recruitment drive in the South East.

Chartered Financial Planner Darren Antony Reynolds has been banned from being a director for 13 years for pension transfer failings which resulted in clients losing £24m from their pensions.