SIPP provider iPensions is expanding into the direct-to-consumer pension market with the launch of iSIPP, a digital consolidator for UK and international clients.

Chartered Financial Planner Wes Nixon is to leave IWP’s Welsh regional hub to join Bristol-based Centurion Chartered Financial Planners after only nine months in the role at IWP.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has made its second acquisition this week with a deal to buy Smythe and Walter, a Financial Planning firm based in Faversham, Kent.

Wealth manager St James’s Place (SJP) has introduced virtual reality (VR) technology for training its financial advisers and Academy trainees.

Celtic Financial Planning has added Chartered Financial Planner Victoria Nabarro to its London team in Canary Wharf.

Quilter Investors chief investment office Bambos Hambi is retiring to spend more time with family.

Three quarters of financial advisers avoid complex investments, according to new research.

The chairman of LV= has criticised Royal London for the timing of its intervention in the mutual provider’s sale to Bain Capital.

Adviser network The Openwork Partnership has teamed up with Cura Financial Services to boost its protection offering.

MPs in the House of Commons have rejected proposals from the House of Lords to retain the State Pension Triple Lock.