Foreign exchange dealer Alex Hope has been charged with perverting the course of justice, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.

Four men will be sentenced later this month for their involvement in an investment scheme scam which saw more than 300 investors - many of them retired or vulnerable - ripped off for a total of £1.4m.

Blick Rothenberg, the accounting tax and advisory firm with a growing Financial Planning arm, has made its first acquisition.

Alliance Trust Savings chief executive Patrick Mill is to step down from his role at the platform after five and half years at the helm, the company announced today.

Investment provider and wealth manager Hargreaves Landsdown says that Fidelity’s radical fund management fee changes may be too complicated for investors to understand.

The FCA has begun civil proceedings in relation to “alleged misleading statements” on pension investments by a pension lead generation firm called Avacade Investment Options.

Growing financial adviser group LEBC is launching a graduate programme which will lead to Chartered Financial Planner status in a bid to tackle a shortage of young recruits.

New consumer research has found that more than three quarters (77%) of people are shunning financial advisers when it comes to retirement planning and opting to 'go it alone.'

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has rolled out additional advice services to cater to clients’ financial needs, expanding into rival territory.

Brown Shipley, the wealth planner and investment manager, has hired Andrew Butler-Cassar from rival Investec Wealth & Investment as head of its London office, a newly created role.