The FCA is to extend the Coronavirus freeze on 10% drop notices until the end of the year and will consult on their future in the spring.

To mark World Poetry Day on Sunday leading Paraplanner Caroline Stuart FPFS has penned an ‘Ode to Paraplanning.’

MAPS, the government-backed consumer personal finance guidance service, is to launch a single unified brand for consumers this summer called MoneyHelper.

Fund manager James Anderson, joint manager of Baillie Gifford’s popular Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, is to retire from Baillie Gifford after 40 years with the firm.

Investment fraud victims are suffering £373m of repeat fraud a year and can lose even more than they lost the first time they were conned, according to police data.

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has acquired the mobile phone fintech Adalpha to boost its digital offering to financial advisers.

Over £293bn has been earmarked for younger generations by generous parents and grandparents, with more choosing to gift earlier as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has today held interest rates at 0.1%.

The chief executive of the Association of Investment Companies, Ian Sayers, is to step down later this year after more than 11 years in the role.

LV= has paid out over £12m in Coronavirus-related claims to more than 1,400 life, critical illness and income protection insurance policyholders and families since the start of the pandemic.