Andy Bell, chief executive of AJ Bell, has written to Sajid Javid, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling on him to “radically simplify” the rules around ISAs.

Foster Denovo has launched its own investment platform for advisers alongside a new range of Dynamic Portfolios (DPs).

It has been encouraging recently to read about the increasing numbers of Financial Planners and Paraplanners completing their Level 6 (and higher) qualifications.

Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership, is to transfer its investment trust savings scheme, including its ISA, Share Plan and Children’s Savings Plan, to Hargreaves Lansdown.