Consumers consider long term care as more important than providing an inheritance, a survey on wealth management found. Read more ...

Wealth manager Towry's pre-tax profits fell last year from nearly £10m to just over £4m.

The investment and Financial Planning group Tilney Bestinvest has appointed Martin King as managing director of investment management. Read more ...

Sesame Bankhall Group has axed its wealth management arm for advisory firms which will result in all its investment advice firm members having to become directly authorised or choosing to become appointed representatives elsewhere. Read more ...

A Financial Planning led investment management firm has announced its fourth takeover in just over a month in a deal which will bring its spending to nearly £4m. Read more ...

Old Mutual Wealth has reported its UK platform profits increased to £19 million from £13 million last year and its gross sales were £5.1 billion. Read more ...

A new academy for aspiring wealth managers based in the Midlands will launch in September. Read more ...

Axa Wealth has reported its overall funds under management have grown 10 per cent to £27billion in the last 12 months.

A financial advisory firm has brought in a director from Barclays Wealth and his former team to head up a new look national IFA operation.