The FCA has threatened to crack down on influencers and finance firms that publish financial promotions on social media platforms that are not fair and clear.

The Department for Work and Pensions has published an updated timetable for occupational pension schemes and personal and stakeholder providers to be connected to the Pensions Dashboard.

Fintech and adviser support services firm Fintel, owner of SimplyBiz and Defaqto, has invested £1.5m in Mortgage Brain and acquired 70% of fintech ifaDASH for up to £1.5m.

North East-based Chartered Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Fairstone has completed the acquisition of £110m AUM Nottingham IFA James Ryan Thornhill three years after first announcing the deal in June 2021.

Former West Ham United footballer Ryan Briggs has launched a not-for-profit financial education service to support mental health and financial wellbeing in sport.

New adviser CRM Plannr Technologies, a fintech a quarter owned by Fintel, has announced partnerships with Söderberg & Partners and Selectapension.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared Sheffield-based Abbey Lane Financial Associates Limited (FRN 649170) as failed.

The Financial Services Compensation scheme has today declared three financial advice firms as failed, including two SIPP-related and one linked to BSPS.

The FCA has charged Bruce Rowan, David Simmons, Robert Sweeney and Justin Russell with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation after they allegedly ran an unauthorised investment scheme accused of defrauding investors out of £3.9m.  

Four potential operators of Pensions Dashboards - Just Group, Legal & General, Moneyhub and Standard Life - have set up a new industry coalition known as the Dashboard Operators Coalition (DOC).