Figures from investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown have revealed that UK funds are becoming more popular with last minute ISA investors as the end of the tax year looms this week.

The FCA is to launch a probe into the collapse of mini-bond firm London Capital and Finance (LCF).

The FCA began regulating the claims management industry from today. 

Savers could be short-changed by as much as £40,000 unless changes are made to the way auto-enrolment minimum contributions are calculated.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has made three new appointments to the Professional Standards Committee.

The Quilter Financial Adviser School (FAS) has now seen its 200 students achieve either a Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMap) or a Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA).

XPS Pensions Group (XPS) has appointed a new head of pensions and office chair in Leeds.

New research from Succession Wealth, the wealth manager and Financial Planner, has uncovered that 1 in 10 pension savers aged 50 and over has been targeted by pension fraudsters.

The news this week that 21-year-old Declan Healy has graduated from the PFS apprenticeship scheme with a distinction - the first time the highest honour has been achieved - is immensely encouraging for two reasons.

The news this week that the FCA will commission an independent report into its handling of the LC&F mini-bond scandal is not an admission of guilt but it is perhaps the first sign that regulation failed investors who had the misfortune to use this company.