Defaqto has appointed a new head of insight and a new senior vice president who have held senior roles at Henderson and Legal & General.

A new factsheet to help consumers untangle the retirement reforms and direct them towards Financial Planning has been published by the IFP. Read more...

Researchers say that there has been a significant jump in the number of financial advisers using discretionary management services in the past year.

Defaqto chairman Patrick Gale is to leave the company following a £27.6m MBO of the business funded in part by Synova Capital LLP, which hopes to double the company in size after taking a majority stake. Read more...