Heartwood Investment Management, part of Svenska Handelsbanken, has recruited Chris Whittingham from Kent-based Chartered Financial Planners AV Trinity as intermediary client director.

A survey of financial advisers has found that nearly four in 10 (39%) will take a cautious approach to the MPAA cut deferral and advise clients to avoid contributing more than £4,000.

Tilney’s hiring spree has continued today as it appointed a Financial Planner from HSBC.

Financial Planning group Tilney has signed up its second Financial Planner from a bank in a week as part of a major hiring spree following the Towry takeover.

A director of pensions and investments firm LV= was killed at the weekend after intruders shot him.

The ex-chief executive of James Hay’s parent company IFG Group has been unveiled as the new CEO at Financial Planning tools provider EValue.

An adviser convicted of theft has lost his court appeal against an FCA ban despite claiming there was a ‘vendetta’ against him.

Two advice firms have been bought by Succession Group for a total of £4m as part of plans to create the UK’s largest independent wealth management business.

Rory Percival, the former FCA technical specialist, is set to reveal the results of his review into the risk profiling tools market.

Rory Percival, the former FCA technical specialist, is set to reveal the results of his review into the risk profiling tools market tomorrow.