Retirement specialist Just Group is to give all staff earning under £50,000 a year a one-off payment of £1,200 to help them cope with soaring inflation and energy bills.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to host a series of webinars to help advisers firms prepare for the new FCA Consumer Duty.

The FCA is to launch a regulatory review which could see the boundary between advice and guidance softened. 

Almost nine in ten (86%) early retirees between 50 and 54 would consider a return to work as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit their finances.

Acumen Financial Planning will open its Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow offices to the public for free advice for Financial Planning Week.

Royal Bank of Canada today completed its £1.6bn takeover of wealth manager and Financial Planner Brewin Dolphin with the company now renamed RBC Brewin Dolphin.

NS&I has increased its Premium Bond prize fund rate from 1.4% to 2.2%, adding an expected £76m to its October prize fund.

Adjusted operating profit fell 8% to £21.7m (2021: £23.7m) for Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) for the year ended 31 July.

The CISI, the professional body for Certified Financial Planners, and the young planner support group NextGen Planners, have launched a joint scholarship scheme to encourage new Financial Planning talent.

AJ Bell founder Andy Bell is to step down from the investment platform’s board following discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).