Justin Urquhart Stewart, one of the founders of platform 7IM and a well known TV and radio financial commentator familiar onscreen for his red braces, retired recently from 7IM. But instead of hanging up his boots at 65 he has thrown his weight behind a new SME investment start up called Regionally where he is chairman. Financial Planning Today editor Kevin O’Donnell interviewed him via video call about the new business and its plans.

A survey of 1,000 UK investors suggests the majority (58%) believe a recovery from the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will take “years.”

Invesco is making sweeping immediate changes to its UK equity fund range and team today following the exit of high profile fund manager and Neil Woodford protégé Mark Barnett.

Acquisitive IFA and Financial Planning group Tavistock has secured £650,000 in new investment from industry veteran Hugh Simon, owner of the Hong Kong and London-based boutique Hamon.