The Financial Conduct Authority has secured a £1.6m confiscation order against Richard Baldwin who absconded during his trial and conviction for money laundering in 2017.

The acquisition of Talbot and Muir by fellow SIPP provider Curtis Banks has satisfied its pre-conditions, including approval from the Financial Conduct Authority.

Fidelity has acquired low cost financial services dealing firm Cavendish Online and will add it to its Personal Investing platform.

Some 45% of PIMFA member firms have reported increases in their FSCS levy bill of more than 100% in the last five years, a survey for the wealth manager trade body has revealed.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched a new Global Innovation Equity Fund which aims to invest in innovative companies.

The FCA has given the green light to two ‘sandbox’ trials to support innovative firms devising new ways to tackle the challenges caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

NatWest-owned Coutts has cut its investment platform tariffs with fees now starting from 0.15%, down from a minimum of 0.35%.

The 40,000-member Personal Finance Society is to throw its weight behind rival CISI’s Financial Planning Week campaign for the first time.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has appointed experienced Financial Planner Amyr Rocha Lima CFP Chartered MCSI as chairman of its influential CISI Financial Planning Forum Committee.

Ex-Pensions Minister and pensions campaigner Baroness Ros Altmann has called on the Government to consider allowing early access to the State Pension for those who need it, saying it is an issue of "social justice."