Quilter Financial Planning has added five new Appointed Representative firms to its advice network.

Higher earners in Scotland will see a freeze on their income tax thresholds for the 2025/26 tax year at the same time as lower earners were given a 3.5% threshold increase in yesterday’s Scottish Budget.

Advised platform customers rose 8% for AJ Bell to pass 171,000 for the year ended 30 September (30 September 2023: 159,000).

The Consumer Duty Alliance, the not-for-profit industry group supporting advisers with their duty commitments, has launched a free diagnostic tool.

Leaders in the financial services market are failing to do enough to support LGBTQ+ employees, according to a new report.

Cash savers have missed out on £165bn of returns this year when comparing cash interest with the return on global equities, according to a new report.

The effects of the pandemic cut life expectancy between 2021 and 2023 across the UK with no sign yet of recovery, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

Net outflows fell to £318m for asset manager Premier Miton for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Foster Denovo has acquired Midlands-based Brian Mole Independent Financial Advisers, adding £300m in assets under advice.

Legal & General Retail has reported its annuity sales have reached an all-time high of £2bn so far this year amid industry figures revealing annuity sales jumped 50% year on year in the first half.