The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) today published the amount of money raised by Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) for the 2018/19 tax year.

A Paraplanner has ‘taken the leap’ and set up her own new business.

Chase de Vere Medical, the national firm which provides independent financial advice to the medical profession, has partnered with the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM).

A new FOI reply to Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, suggests that far more low-paid and part-time workers are missing out on tax relief on their pension contributions than previously thought. 

The newly launched Money and Pensions Service has called on organisations throughout the UK to get involved in the development of the organisation’s strategy to improve the nation’s financial wellbeing.

An investment management firm has appointed a new managing partner and hired a new chairman.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Kenny Siu as its new regional director for the Asia Pacific region based in Hong Kong.

Following its £460m HL Select fund range, Hargreaves Lansdown is launching a global equity fund, to sit alongside our existing UK Growth and UK Income funds.

The Financial Ombudsman Service has expanded its remit to include more small business and claims management companies, so called ‘ambulance chasers’.

Pension savers will now be putting away more in their pots, as part of an increase in auto-enrolment minimum contributions, from 5% of qualifying earnings to 8%.