Families failing to engage their younger members on Financial Planning estate planning issues will face increasing risks, a senior executive at wealth manager St. James’s Place has warned. 

Fairstone has acquired the major Southern Chartered Financial Planning group Chadney Bulgin, adding £850m in assets under management.

Expanding fintech FE fundinfo, which provides fund data and tech services in the UK and worldwide, has taken over Australian firm Zenith Group in a deal which includes including Zenith Investment Partners and Chant West, a research and ratings firm. 

Openwork Partnership, one of the UK’s biggest adviser networks, has recruited Frank Meere from NatWest to be its new chief operating officer.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Tilney Smith & Williamson is targeting retiring financial advisers who want to transfer their client books to Tilney.

Veteran Financial Planner Francis Klonowski has won the prestigious Certified Financial Planner of the Year Award in the CISI Annual Awards.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Nottingham-based DFM Clear Capital Management in default.

Personal Finance Society President Sarah Lord has joined Financial Planning firm Cooper Parry Wealth as its first chief growth officer.

A new cloud-based platform to help advisers with estate planning has been launched this morning.

Transgender women born in October and November 1953 have been told by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) they may be eligible for the Women’s State Pension from 31 October 2018 to the date of their 65^th birthday.