The Financial Conduct Authority is to change its rules on long term investment funds to require investors to give 90 days notice before accessing their money.

A new survey of financial advisers suggests that nearly seven in 10 plan to increase their use of smoothed funds over the next year due to increased volatility in world financial markets and client concerns about investment returns.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared failed mini-bond linked firm Equity For Growth (Securities) Limited (EFG) as in default.

Three in ten (30%) investors contributed more to their portfolios than they usually do in the first quarter of 2026, with half (50%) reporting positive returns, according to a new study.

The average investor could retire two and a half years sooner by avoiding holding too much in cash and not making investment decisions based on “emotional comfort”, according to new analysis.

Joint venture investment manager Future Growth Capital (FGC) says it has received regulatory approval to launch the first UK dedicated multi-asset Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF).

Rapidly expanding Swedish-owned wealth manager and Financial Planner Söderberg & Partners has invested in four IFA firms as it continues it strategy of taking stakes in UK adviser firms.