Troubled wealth manager and Financial Planner WH Ireland has appointed Lumin Wealth Management joint managing director John Cusins as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP has launched a new FCA-PRA business ‘Scale Up’ unit based in Leeds which she believes will potentially “supercharge” the growth of regulated firms.

In just over four weeks Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out her Budget plans and how she will tackle rising public spending and raise more revenue.

There has been rapid growth in the UK 'very old' population with a rise of nearly 54% in UK residents aged 90 and over since 2004.

Dominic McLoughney of Becketts FS has triumphed in the Personal Finance Society’s Annual Awards for 2025/26 - winning the body’s flagship Chartered Financial Planner of the Year Award.

Financial services firms received 1.85m complaints in the first half of 2025, a 4% increase from the first six month of 2024 when there were 1.78m complaints, according to new data from the FCA.

Financial Planner and consolidator AFH Wealth Management has acquired St Albans Financial Planning firm Avidity Wealth Management Limited for an undisclosed amount.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has made two senior Financial Planning appointments to bolster its London team.

Investment platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has reported 6% growth in advised customer numbers (year on year) to 182,000 for the three months ended 30 September.

The FCA has fined former adviser Neil Sedgwick Dwane £100,281 for insider dealing and banned him from working for UK financial services.