Wealth manager Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank, has appointed former Julius Baer head of relationship management Martin Cuthbert as the new head of its Manchester office.

The Financial Conduct Authority expects a significant number of smaller regulated firms to fail over the next few months.

Quilter has appointed Karen Blatchford as distribution director of its UK platform business Old Mutual Wealth.

Wealth management and Financial Planning group Quilter said that while the UK economy expanded the most on record in the third quarter this is a catch-up and the bounce back has already begun to end.

Between September 2019 and September 2020, Action Fraud received over 17,000 reports of investment fraud amounting to £657.4m in reported losses.

A report from The Office for Tax Simplification, commissioned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, has recommended a major overhaul of capital gains tax.

Half of financial advisers who took part in a recent survey report an increase in protection sales since Covid-19 hit.

The FCA has launched High Court proceedings against a company and two individuals over alleged links to care home investments which saw investors lose more than £30m.

Financial advisers who seek referrals from solicitors and accountants have seen a surge in new client enquiries, according to new research.

Research by consultancy Fitz Partners has revealed that 33% of asset managers across Europe now offer ‘early-bird’ discounts of up to 47% to promote new funds.