Bestinvest has reported a 33% rise in the number of poorly performing ‘dog’ funds over the past year with some major names faring badly, according to its latest ‘Spot The Dog’ fund report.

The latest issue of Financial Planning Today magazine unravels the pros and cons of trying to sell a Financial Planning firm during the pandemic.

LEBC, the retirement advisory firm whose CEO died suddenly last year, has reported a loss of £232,000 in its latest financial figures. 

Royal London paid out £13.1m in Covid-19 claims in 2020 to a total of more than 2,100 customers.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has reported a 50% surge in its use of enforcement powers during the final quarter of 2020.

Nearly six in 10 Financial Planners (58%) expect demand to increase for tax and estate planning advice over the next five years, according to a new report.

Platform engine FNZ has submitted a detailed case document against the Competition and Markets Authority’s order to sell off its recent acquisition and rival GBST.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme reported today that it has paid out just over £56.3m in compensation to 2,878 customers of collapsed mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance (LCF).

Almost a third of women under 44 years (30%) and a quarter of men in the same age category (25%) fail to understand their pension, according to new research.

The number of inheritance tax reclaims reached a six-year peak in 2020 as more families reclaimed overpaid tax following a fall in the value of property or shares.