Wealth manager St James's Place plc has reported an 8% increase in partner numbers to nearly 4,000 in a buoyant set of full year results out today.

New standards for professional pension trustees have been published today by the Professional Trustee Standards Working Group.

FCA chief executive Andrew Bailey says the MiFID II changes are saving investors £180m a year and could save them up to £1bn over 5 years.

Janus Henderson has today launched the Janus Henderson Absolute Return Fixed Income Fund to fill the gap between money market funds and conventional core fixed income.

Financial Planner Martin Adrian King, 56, of Beckenham, London, was given a suspended 18 month sentence this week after pleading guilty to hiding £235,000 in income from work he did with fraudster Antony Blakey through an offshore scheme.

Adviser network Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed Richard Howells as managing director of Sesame Network to help drive growth in digital services.

Financial Planning firm AKFP Group based in Lisburn, Northern Ireland has attained the prestigious BS 8577 and ISO 22222 certification for the third year in a row.

The Financial Conduct Authority has urged people who invested in a number of unauthorised collective investment schemes (UCIS) involving ‘land banking’ to come forward to claim a possible refund from a £2.5m pot.

Anti-fraud organisation Action Fraud has warned Instagram users to be wary of fraudulent investment posts as news emerges of more than 350 people being cheated out of a total of nearly £3.2m in the last five months.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks has today unveiled a new website and adviser portal to support its newly launched digital SIPP launched under the Your Future SIPP brand.