The FCA has stepped in to halt regulated business at a Staffordshire IFA firm allegedly taking unauthorised fees totalling over £250,000 from clients, some elderly and vulnerable.

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned two IFAs and a stockbroker that they face fines and regulatory action over their alleged role in a £5.9m SIPP pension transfer scam.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood is to acquire Surrey-based Chartered Financial Planner firm Regency Investment Services for £3.45m.

The Serious Fraud Office has charged three men, including ex-IFA David Kennedy, with multiple offences following a long-running investigation into the collapse of the £120m Axiom Legal Financing Fund.