Larger master trusts are those most substantially invested in private markets, according to new data covering investment trends across the £200bn master trust market published today by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

HNW-focused investment manager Wealth Club has expanded its Private Markets SIPP platform with the addition of the Bridgepoint Generations Fund.

The DWP has today published a new monitoring and evaluation plan known as The Pension Schemes Act 2026 Evaluation Strategy – the roadmap – which has been developed with the Treasury, the FCA and The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Northants financial adviser firm Suber PCS LLP (formerly Chancery (UK) LLP) has been declared in default today by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Adviser platform Quilter hopes to improve customer understanding of numerical information by partnering with communications specialist Plain Numbers, which helps organisations make numbers easier for customers.

Technology and other service providers whose services underpin the UK financial system will be overseen from today by UK financial regulators The Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the FCA.

They say the only things certain in life are death and taxes. What they never said was that one day the vast majority of UK workers would end up paying higher rate 40% income tax on their earnings, a levy almost unimaginable a few years ago.

FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi received a 4.4% pay increase in the past year, pushing his total salary and pension package up from £559,000 to £577,000, according to the FCA’s 2025-26 Annual Report and Accounts published this week.

In the past tax year (2025/26) HMRC has instigated prosecutions for tax evasion against 1,100 individuals alleged to have committed wrong who are now awaiting trial, according to new analysis.

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has hired Sheelagh Bailey as chief information officer.