Edinburgh-based SVM Asset Management has appointed Jonathan Beckett and Jonathan Hewitt as non-executive directors to its main board.

UK wealth management group Tilney has appointed Grant Morrice as a Financial Planner.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has backed comments made by Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA, and Charles Randell, chairman of the FCA about the need to simplify the parameter between regulated and unregulated activity.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has published new research which looks at the potential detriment for consumers of being trapped in poorly performing financial services products.

Hundreds of thousands of DIY drawdown investors are unaware they can scale back or stop their withdrawals, putting them in danger of draining their retirement savings too rapidly, according to new research for Zurich.

Law firm partner Richard Cranfield is set to become the next chairman of platform Transact’s holding company IntegraFin.

Schroders has launched an India Equity Fund for UK investors.

According to adviser research from Aegon the demand for DB advice remains strong with nine out of 10 advisers, who are or have been active in advising on defined benefits, saying there are still many individuals who would benefit from taking advice.

The new chief executive of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), Charles Counsell has set out how he will lead the organisation and vowed ‘robust protection’ for savers.

The Treasury will examine whether mini-bond regulation is fit for purpose after the collapse of £236m London Capital & Finance (LCF) earlier this year.