Standard Life Aberdeen is to rebrand as Abrdn (pronounced: Aberdeen) in a move to bring together the Standard Life and Aberdeen names under one united brand.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has hired TV comedian, author and actor David Mitchell, one of the captains on the popular BBC show ‘Would I Lie to You’, to front a ‘video disaster’ campaign highlighting what happens when people fail to check.

The FCA has appointed Sacha Sadan, currently director of investment stewardship at LGIM, as its new director of Environment Social and Governance (ESG).

In the past 12 months, since the first lockdown, over a quarter (26%) of adults have written their will or taken action to update an existing will or get advice on wills.

Government plans to increase the age that savers can first access their pensions from 55 to 57 risk creating a “retirement lottery”, according to investment platform AJ Bell.

Financial Planning firm Continuum has reported 25% growth in new business in the quarter ending 31 March and has added eight new advisers.

Feeling financially confident is no substitute for the benefits of financial advice, according to new research.

Half of consumers aged 55-74 now expect any property they own to be taken into consideration by their adviser when retirement planning, according to new research.

A new Treasury Committee report on the future of green finance has called on the government and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to consider climate labelling for financial products to tackle “greenwashing”.

Advised net inflows held steady at £0.9bn for investment platform AJ Bell for the quarter ending 31 March, as advised customers rose 14%.