London-based InterestMe Financial Planning Limited (IMFP) and the appointed representative InterestMe Advisers Limited (IMA) went into administration on 24 September.

Former Olympic and Commonwealth boxer Delicious Orie has joined cross-border Financial Planning specialist Skybound Wealth as a private wealth adviser within its athletes & creators division.

Purchases of value protected annuities have increased 38% year-on-year, according to the FCA’s latest retirement income market data.

HMRC has been urged to provide greater clarity and stronger transitional protections ahead of the increase in the Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA) from 55 to 57 in April 2028.

Most people believe serious Financial Planning should begin by an average age of 28 and a half, according to a new study covering the views of 2,000 consumers.

Nearly three times as many protection policies are being placed in trust now compared to five years ago as advisers increasingly help prevent payouts becoming stuck in probate.

London-based investment broker ITI Capital Ltd has gone into special administration, three years after the FCA removed its permission to carry out regulated activity.

Demand for financial advice remains strong, particularly among younger and affluent consumers, despite the rise of digital investing platforms, social media and artificial intelligence.

The FCA has called on financial firms to do more to crack down on money mules, despite 238,396 suspected mules having had their accounts closed in 2025.

Pension savers withdrew more than £91bn from their retirement pots in 2025/26, according to the FCA’s latest Retirement Income Market Data.