At-retirement IFA My Pension Expert (MPE) has received FCA approval to accept a “significant investment” from Palatine Private Equity to fund its expansion plans.

Almost 50 financial advisers have said that removing emergency tax on income drawdown payments would top their wish list for simplifying pension planning.

Fund manager and wealth manager M&G is to acquire the national IFA firm Continuum (Financial Services) for an undisclosed sum.

Private equity firm Preservation Capital Partners (PCP) is to take a majority stake in wealth manager and Financial Planning firm Saltus for an undisclosed sum.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is recruiting to fill over 100 new roles based in Leeds.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that its proposed redress scheme for the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) scandal could see advice firms pay over £140m in compensation.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to change its methodology for calculating redress for non-compliant pension transfer advice.

Platform Fundment and cashflow modeller CashCalc have teamed up to improve adviser tool integration.

The total amount of property wealth accessed via equity release hit a new high of £1.6bn in the second quarter of this year.

Fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has launched a global Shariah equity fund.