Rapidly expanding adviser and fund manager One Four Nine Group has acquired Nottingham-based firm HFL Financial Advisers, boosting its clients assets to over £1bn only a year after launch.

Financial Planning and accountancy firm Old Mill has taken on 26 trainees, bringing the number of new starters at the south west firm this year to 72.

Financial Planners are cutting back on their use of investment platforms because of the cost-of-living crisis.

The Financial Conduct Authority has been forced to recruit 125 new staff to tackle a growing backlog in authorisations.

Gaps remain in workplace pension awareness a decade after the introduction of auto-enrolment, new research has revealed. 

Rapidly expanding Financial Planning firm Fairstone Group has delivered double-digit growth, according to its annual results for 2021.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared two pension advice firms in default.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s delayed Annual Public Meeting will take place this week on Wednesday from noon to 12 midday as a virtual meeting.

The cost-of-living crisis is nudging more younger people to take advice from professionally-qualified Financial Planners.