Wealth planning and investment management firm Brown Shipley has hired a new director.

The FCA has started proceedings against Park First Limited, its senior managers, including its chief executive officer and a number of other companies connected to the Park First group. 

The FCA has revealed it received 4.29m complaints in the first half of 2019.

Financial Planner-focussed fintech firm Clever has launched a new free PROD guide to help IFAs to design and deliver financial solutions for their clients whilst working within the regulatory framework of MiFID II.  

DFM and IFA support firm Tatton Asset Management has acquired a subsidiary of Tenet in a £2.7m deal.

Financial Planning firm boosst.financial has revealed how it fought back against scammers who tried to clone the firm’s identity to rip off investors.

North West independent financial adviser Acumen Financial Partnership has boosted its management team with the addition of a Chartered Financial Planner as the expanding firm’s funds break through the £250m level for the first time.

The FCA wants better disclosure to clients on climate change issues and ‘green’ financial products.

Delegates at the PIMFA Summit in London this morning heard how pensions auto-enrolment could be used as a framework for future savings.

The annual summit of wealth management trade association PIMFA, which represents 1,000 investment managers and financial advisers, got underway this morning.