Just Group has developed a structured pension investment delivering guaranteed income and/or growth for a selected term within a client’s platform-based personal pension portfolio.

The Close Brothers Group has reported an operating loss of £122.4m for the year ended 31 July 2025, in comparison to a £132.7m profit the previous year.

A new report, based on FCA Register data, has revealed that 7,860 firms deauthorised from the FCA Register in the last eight months. 

The CISI Future Foundation, the charity arm of the professional body, is to award 14 UK charities with grants totalling £952,600, to provide financial literacy programmes mainly for disadvantaged young people.

Fintech and software provider Fintel is to launch a new distribution platform called Omnicore which will provide a direct link between advisers and providers. 

The FCA has begun High Court proceedings against a number of individuals and companies over an alleged unauthorised investment which saw £23m of consumers' money invested in static homes.

There was worrying news this week that pension drawdown users are taking out far too much cash from their pensions.

Meaningful progress in Consumer Duty reporting will require “continued collaboration between sector stakeholders where good practice is shared”, according to a new report from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The proportion of pensions being drawn down at 8% or over has hit its highest recorded level for pots of all sizes, according to analysis of the latest FCA data.

Life Planning movement founder George Kinder recently moved to London to launch a new global business and plans to settle here permanently, building a new international base. In this exclusive for Financial Planning Today he explains his decision and outlines his business plans.