California-based fintech Marygold & Co has acquired its second UK Financial Planning firm ahead of a bigger push into the UK savings and advice market.

Pensions consulting and administration business XPS Pensions Group has promoted 147 people, including 11 new partners, across its actuarial, pensions, investment, covenant, administration and SIPP businesses.

Only 35% of pension savers are confident about making retirement decisions, a new report suggests.

Four out of five people aged 55 or over are charting their own path to retirement and turning their backs on guidance and advice, according to new research.

The Financial Ombudsman Service received a total of 95,349 complaints between 1 July and 31 December 2023 compared to 79,921 complaints in the same period in 2022.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Söderberg & Partners has taken a significant minority stake in IFA consolidator Cardan.

The Financial Services Compensation scheme has declared City of London-based adviser firm Alexander David Securities Ltd (FRN 469150) in default.

Almost half of older workers are unaware that their pension has a choice of investment funds to choose from or even what their pension fund is invested in.

The FCA has published a modification to its rules that govern how firms must connect their data to the Pensions Dashboards service.

North East-based Chartered Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Fairstone has appointed six new managing directors as it changes its organisational structure across its wealth advisory, training and central paraplanning functions.