Integrafin (IHP), the parent company of adviser platform Transact, has reported advised client numbers rose 2% to a record 234,000 in the three months to the end of June.

Data provider Defaqto, owned by SimplyBiz parent Fintel, has conditionally acquired fund ratings and research agency RSMR for an undisclosed amount, subject to regulatory approval.

Financial Planning network Rosemount Financial Solutions has entered into a 'strategic partnership' with platform and investment manager 7IM.

More than two in five advisers (43%) changed their client servicing approach as a direct result of the FCA's Consumer Duty introduced in July last year, according to a new study.

Investment platform AJ Bell has written to new Chancellor Rachel Reeves urging the government to merge all the different ISA types to make life easier for investors and unlock £30bn currently sitting in cash ISAs.

The cost of a moderate retirement income is £25,000 per year for a single person and £36,480 for a couple, according to the latest data from Hargreaves Lansdown’s Savings and Resilience Barometer, published today.

Troubled wealth manager and financial services firm WH Ireland has sold its capital markets division to Zeus Capital to help stabilise its finances.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has appointed Charlotte Platts to drive Financial Planning growth for the firm in Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The FCA has prohibited former investment adviser and company director Clive Harris Mongelard, also known as Clive Harris and Clive Lindsey, from performing any regulated activity function.

Platform and SIPP provider Platform One has opened a third office as it looks to support further growth aspirations.