North East-based Chartered Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Fairstone has completed the acquisition of £110m AUM Nottingham IFA James Ryan Thornhill three years after first announcing the deal in June 2021.

Former West Ham United footballer Ryan Briggs has launched a not-for-profit financial education service to support mental health and financial wellbeing in sport.

New adviser CRM Plannr Technologies, a fintech a quarter owned by Fintel, has announced partnerships with Söderberg & Partners and Selectapension.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared Sheffield-based Abbey Lane Financial Associates Limited (FRN 649170) as failed.

The Financial Services Compensation scheme has today declared three financial advice firms as failed, including two SIPP-related and one linked to BSPS.

The FCA has charged Bruce Rowan, David Simmons, Robert Sweeney and Justin Russell with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation after they allegedly ran an unauthorised investment scheme accused of defrauding investors out of £3.9m.  

Four potential operators of Pensions Dashboards - Just Group, Legal & General, Moneyhub and Standard Life - have set up a new industry coalition known as the Dashboard Operators Coalition (DOC).

A tax avoidance promoter whose schemes were used by locum doctors and nurses faces a £900,000 penalty for failing to co-operate with HMRC.

Less than a third of financial advisers feel fully supported by their preferred discretionary fund management partner (DFM) on the Consumer Duty, a new survey has warned.

Phoenix Group, owner of Standard Life and Sun Life, has reserved £70m for the potential impact of Consumer Duty legacy product costs, it revealed in its annual results today.