IntegraFin, parent company of the Transact platform, has confirmed long-planned proposals to float on the stock market this year.

SIPP provider and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has welcomed a decision which could pave the way for compensation pay-outs to investors in a company’s failed Self-Invested Personal Pensions.

The Work and Pensions Committee has sent questions to The Pensions Regulator and Carillion pension trustees on why Carillion collapsed with a “giant pension deficit and a mountain of debt.”

AJ Bell says its review of the latest government statistics suggests member contributions to defined contribution schemes have fallen although the decline in pension saving could reverse soon.

Three SIPP operators have been declared in default by the FSCS after 150 claims were received, the body announced today.

The FSCS is planning to levy the industry £336m for the nine months to 31 March 2019, up from the £320m levy in 2017/18, which covered a 12 month period.

Sheffield-based Hamnett Wealth Management has been awarded the Chartered Financial Planner Firm title by the Chartered Insurance Institute.

AdviserBook, a new directory of regulated financial advisers launched by a Chartered Financial Planner, has axed charges for advisers this year to encourage take up.

International SIPP provider STM has agreed with the Gibraltar regulator to use Deloitte to carry out a Skill Persons Review of the company following previous intervention by the watchdog.

Financial Planning firm Symphony is to launch a free, non-advised digital investment management service to compete with robo-advice competitors.