The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has hired leading consultants Capgemini to deliver the critical technical framework needed to bring the dashboards to life as they enter a crucial “develop and test” phase.

Wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods has completed its delayed takeover of £1.6bn AUM Ludlow Wealth Management Group.

Cirencester Friendly chief executive officer Paul Hudson is to retire from the firm after 25 years at the helm.

One of South Africa’s biggest independent financial advisers AlphaWealth has entered the UK Financial Planning market by acquiring a majority stake in UK Chartered Financial Planner Holborn Financial and plans to acquire more firms.

Retail investors piled £4.8bn into investment funds in July, according to Investment Association data.

East Midlands-based Financial Planning firm George Square Financial Management has added a Chartered financial adviser to its team to support the firm’s expansion plans.

Wealth manager Saltus Group has acquired Farnham-based Financial Planning firm Fish Financial for an undisclosed sum.

The percentage of workplace pension savers who actively stopped saving fell slightly during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to data released this morning.

New President of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)’s Liverpool branch, Vanessa Doyle ACSI, has pledged to raise awareness of and reduce stigma around mental health.

Queries from Financial Planners and their clients regarding investing in commercial property as part of their SIPPs increased 56% in the first half of 2021 year on year for provider Curtis Banks.