County Durham-based firm D&G Financial Services Ltd (FRN: 208521) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The average age of billionaires has dropped by 11 years since 2014 to 47 years old, according to a new report.

The rise in popularity of Vanguard’s LifeStrategy 60% Equity multi-asset investment solution with advisers in 2023 challenges the myth that the old fashioned 60/40 strategy has had its day after a tough 2022, according to a new report.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Quilter has appointed former Hargreaves Lansdown CEO Chris Hill as an independent non-executive director.

Staff at The Pensions Regulator (TPR) are staging the first of a series of strikes today in pursuit of a long-running pay dispute.

Derbyshire-based Chartered Financial Planner Martin Birch, a partner at Belmayne, has been shortlisted for two regional leadership awards.

Long-serving Jupiter fund manager Ben Whitmore, who looks after around £10bn, is leaving the firm to start his own boutique fund management business.

Aviva-owned wealth manager and Financial Planning group Succession Wealth has acquired Plymouth-based DFP Health & Wealth Management which has more than £165m in AUM.   

SIPP and Financial Planning firm Mattioli Woods said it plans to more than double its intake of new trainee advisers to help address the 'advice gap.'

The FCA has issued a warning notice to a pension adviser it has branded “reckless” after they gave unsuitable advice to customers to transfer out of their DB scheme over a four year period.