Wealth and investment manager W1M has acquired rival Vermeer Partners, which has more than £2bn in AUM, for an undisclosed amount.

Regional Financial Planner Cooper Parry Wealth has acquired Wimbledon-based Chartered Financial Planner Gem & Co for an undisclosed amount.

The years of huge compensation payouts for pension transfer redress look to be easing after the latest Broadstone DB Redress Tracker revealed DB pension transfer compensation remained nil in the majority of cases in 2025.

Generation X people - who are mostly aged between 44 and 59 - are the least positive age group about their finances for 2026 compared to Millennials and Gen Z.

The FCA has secured a confiscation order of £265,523.96 against convicted P2P fraudster Andrew Currie and he will face a further jail sentence if he does not pay up within three months.

This is going to be a big year for pensions, particularly for pensions regulation which is at last showing some limited signs of moving forward.

Industry experts have given a mixed welcome to the latest FCA Consultation Paper CP26/1 on the Value for Money framework which will see DC pension scheme members given value for money performance information on a regular basis.

The takeover of troubled Financial Planner and wealth manager WH Ireland by Jersey-based wealth manager Team plc has moved a step closer after WH Ireland shareholders voted overwhelmingly this week (99.99% in favour) to accept the deal.

Regulators are to require DC pension schemes to publish "clear data" on their performance in a colour-coded format under proposals announced today by the FCA, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Nine victims of an email fraudster are set to receive a share of £400,000 in recovered funds 24 years after the crime.