The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told advice firms that it is preparing to send its fifth Coronavirus financial resilience survey in August.

Ian James Hudson has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for fraudulent trading and carrying on regulated activities without authorisation.

A former divisional director for Brewin Dolphin has founded a new Raymond James branch in Cheltenham Spa.

Just 1 in 700 reported fraud cases reported in 2019 resulted in a conviction, despite an increase in the number of investment frauds reported.

UK dividends jumped 51.2% to £25.7bn in the second quarter, beating expectations, according to a new report.

Kenneth “Buzz” West, chairman of expanding wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood, has retired.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has reported a 28.9% rise in Financial Planning income in its latest trading update.

Newly-launched Financial Planner and wealth manager AHR Private Clients has added three more wealth directors as its recruitment spree continues.

The Initiative for Financial Wellbeing, a non-profit membership organisation set up by Financial Planning firm entrepreneur Chris Budd, has been joined by two new recruits.

The FCA has banned former Quilter appointed rep David Nicholas King indefinitely after he was convicted of a number of theft offences.