The head of a criminal gang and her accomplice have been jailed for playing key roles in laundering money from a high value investment fraud committed in China.

FSCS chief executive Martyn Beauchamp has forecast that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme levy, paid by regulated firms, will fall in the FSCS 2026/27 funding year.

The Treasury has reportedly rejected moves to reduce or axe the pensions tax free lump sum, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

Britain’s most switched-on Financial Planners are now reaching millions of viewers on YouTube, a study by Financial Planning Today magazine has found.

Financial Planning network Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) says it has added 16 new advisers between July and September.

The best way of protecting people with shorter life expectancies is to give them a minimum guaranteed payout on their State Pension, says pensions consultancy LCP.

Insurance intermediary and benefits firm Howden has acquired Evelyn Partners’ employee benefits arm Evelyn Partners Financial Services Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Fund manager Guinness Global Investors is cutting fees across its fund range and revamping its ‘waterfall’ fee structure from next week.

The administrators of collapsed wealth manager WealthTek have returned almost £95m to 904 clients although the overall client shortfall still stands at £80.8m.

More than 2,000 people have signed up for this year’s annual Personal Finance Society Annual Conference which takes place this week on Thurs (13 November) at the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands.