The Consumer Duty has helped improve standards in financial services but more progress is needed and some areas of board monitoring are "weak", a senior FCA figure has said.

GBST has built and deployed agentic AI into its Composer platform to automate high-volume administration processes.

The FCA has opened a consultation into new guidance to help firms understand how they might be affected by the regulatory regime for crypto assets.

Pension admin specialist Confier Wealth has expanded its SIPP and SSAS services with a trio of acquisitions under its Intrusted Pension Services umbrella.

Adviser fintech Defaqto has added STAR transfer membership and accreditation ratings to its dataset for platforms in Defaqto Engage.

Veteran emerging markets investor and founder of one of the first emerging markets funds, Mark Mobius, has died at the age of 89.

Moore Kingston Smith LLP, a multi-disciplinary professional services firm with a significant Financial Planning arm, has expanded into the South of England with the acquisition of Moore South.

Financial Planning firm Finli Group has completed six advice firm acquisitions in the first quarter of the year.

Chartered Financial Planner Eddy Ainley is to run the Manchester Marathon to raise funds for financial literacy charity Money Ready.

The FCA has set out its plans to take action against both Hartley Pensions Limited and an individual involved with the firm.