Two financial companies offering LCF-style investment ‘bonds’ have been shut down after a £3m fraud against investors.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has recruited Certified Financial Planner Reinoud Noorduijn for its Guildford office as it plans further expansion in Surrey.

Firms must engage better with ‘less engaged’ and ‘gone away’ clients as the Consumer Duty deadline on closed products looms, the FCA has said.

More than three-quarters (77%) of adults do not feel confident about how to access their pensions, according to research.

Finance and insurance sector workers are failing to use their full annual leave entitlement and are more likely to be working more than their contracted hours. 

One in 20 (4%) defined benefit (DB) pension schemes remained open to new members in 2023, new data published today by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) shows.

In the next five years the financial advice sector will see small adviser firms thrive while the number of clients served will grow by 30%, according to predictions from wealth consultancy NextWealth.

Frenkel Topping, the specialist advice firm focusing on personal injury and clinical negligence cases, has appointed major shareholder Christopher Mills as non-executive chairman.

Adviser network ValidPath has launched a £100,000 loan facility to help established adviser firms wanting to leave their current network who feel shackled by so-called 'golden handcuff' deals.

Pension savers could be left more than £70,000 poorer in retirement due to overlooking charges when they transfer their pension pots, provider People’s Partnership has warned.