The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has punished four firms for making nearly 350,000 illegal pension cold calls since the ban on cold calling was instigated in 2019.

The Financial Ombudsman Service is to reform the organisation to provide a better service to customers.

Rathbone Brothers Plc, the investment manager and Financial Planning group, has changed its name to Rathbones Group Plc with effect from today. 

Adviser fintech and back office provider Intelliflo is to replace its i4C cashflow planning tool with a 'powerful' new cashflow tool.

Pension providers must give pension savers a “stronger nudge” to get pension guidance when they decide to access their pension savings from June, the FCA confirmed today.

Just over one in three financial advisers (34%) say clients want more emotional support - in addition to financial advice - post the pandemic.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has completed the acquisition of two financial advisers, increasing its number of active clients in the UK to nearly 16,000.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme reported today that it has so far received 1,018 claims from former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).

The FCA is planning to increase its minimum fee for firms from £1,151 to £2,200, it announced today.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Tilney Smith & Williamson is continuing to expand its Exeter office with the appointment of Neil Sparkes as a Financial Planner.