Wealth management firm The RU Group is celebrating the achievements of its former apprentice turned Chartered Financial Planner, Ben Slater, after he achieved Chartered status with the CII at the age of 23.

The PFS has called for a “wider united campaign to protect the public from the scourge of scammers.”

The number of firms with no Paraplanners grew in the last year, according to an exclusive Financial Planning Today survey.

Benchmark Capital, the owner of several financial and Financial Planning firms, has appointed a new chief investment officer.

The FCA and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) are joining forces again this summer to warn the public about fraudsters targeting people’s retirement savings - as they revealed up to five million were at risk from scammers. 

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to open a consultation on major changes to pension rules which have been criticised for forcing high-earning doctors to turn down extra shifts due to tax penalties.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brown Shipley has made two new senior hires.

Invesco is launching a multi-factor ETF that incorporates strict environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria.

Stockbroker SVS Securities has slumped into administration and FSCS and FCA probes have been launched over “serious concerns” about the firm. 


Former Virgin Money CEO Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia is pulling out of her recently-announced role on the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee to run the UK operation of Salesforce.com, an online sales management system.