Liz Truss MP has won the race to be Conservative Party leader and, by default, the next Prime Minister.

Newly-launched wealth manager Solomon Capital Holdings has made its second major acquisition in three months with a deal to buy 34-adviser national Financial Planning firm Gale and Phillipson.

Discretionary fund manager 7IM has added an Adventurous Plus model to its Blended Model Portfolio Service (MPS) range.

IFA consolidator firm Radiant Financial Group has acquired GS Financial Services and AMLP Financial Planning for an undisclosed sum.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has acquired Chartered Financial Planning firm Scholes & Brown.

One of the biggest events in the Paraplanning calendar, the ‘Big Day Out’, will return next week after a three year gap due to the pandemic.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Evelyn Partners has recruited Financial Planner Michael Vaughan to help expand its London Financial Planning team.

The FSCS has received nearly 3,000 claims against 116 advice firms involved in recommending pension products from failed SIPP firm Rowanmoor.

Ian Ackerley, the CEO of government-backed savings provider NS&I, is to step down in March at the end of his second three-year term running the organisation. 

Pension scheme administrators are increasingly concerned about data security ahead of the launch of the new Pensions Dashboards.