Eight hundred jobs are to be lost as a result of the merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

The merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management is to be investigated by The Competition and Markets Authority.

Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb says the fact people come up to him to “shake me by the hand rather than the neck” shows the pensions freedoms have been a success.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has hired New Zealander Grant Parkinson as chief operating officer from private bank and wealth manager Coutts.

An ex-Facebook employee’s risk profile tool with a ‘Financial Planning edge’ has been re-launched.

James Hay is fighting an HMRC charge of nearly £2million in connection with a probe into a non-standard investment.

Former Institute of Financial Planning president Julie Lord will field questions from the public today about Financial Planning as part of a campaign to raise consumer awareness.

Chartered Financial Planning group Fairstone Group has revealed another takeover this afternoon.

The Wealth Management Association and The Association of Professional Financial Advisers have struck a deal to merge.

Members of adviser body APFA have voted to approved a merger with the Wealth Management Association.