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.