Ambitious trust company Ludlow Trust, which took over the UK trust business of Coutts and the NatWest Group in 2021, has bought C Hoare & Co’s UK trust business for an undisclosed amount.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has appointed Hannah Daniel, Chartered MCSI, as the new President of the Yorkshire committee.

Nikhil Rathi, FCA chief executive, said the regulator will probe Big Tech firms’ access to financial data to question how it could improve outcomes for consumers and business.

The Consumer Duty was the main focus for adviser platforms in 2023 but not all of them impressed the FCA, according to Darren Winfield, insight consultant (wealth management) at Defaqto.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared Glasgow-based Atlantic Investors (Scotland) Ltd (FRN: 182565) as failed.

Fast-growing Financial Planning and wealth management group Loyal North has completed the acquisition of New Malden, Surrey-based Whitman Fry Wealth Management Ltd for an undisclosed amount.

Frenkel Topping, the specialist advice firm focusing on personal injury and clinical negligence cases, has acquired Chester-based cost consultants North West Law Services Limited (NWL) for £2.75m and revealed that profits for 2023 climbed by almost a third.

Pensions consultancy LCP is calling for a ‘magnetic pensions’ strategy to help tackle a leap in small pension pots, estimated to be increasing at 2m a year.

The FCA is keeping a close eye on an ‘uptick’ in overseas firms trying to establish an operation in the UK but keeping senior staff overseas.

Insurance and savings trade body the ABI has warned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that a public pensions 'consolidator' must avoid undermining the DB scheme buyout market.