Wealth manager and stockbroker Redmayne Bentley is to acquire the client assets of failed Liverpool wealth manager and stockbroker Blankstone Sington, subject to regulatory and court approval.

I never thought I’d see former professional footballers march through central London to protest about financial scams and poor regulation but that’s exactly what happened this week.

Pensions consultancy LCP is calling for a ‘magnetic pensions’ strategy to help tackle a leap in small pension pots, estimated to be increasing at 2m a year.