Adviser platform and SIPP provider Nucleus has trimmed its standard annual Wrap platform charge by three basis points for holdings between £200,000 and £500,000.

Acquisitive fintech and support services firm Fintel, the owner of SimplyBiz and Defaqto, has acquired Synaptic Software from AdvancedAdvT Limited in a £4m deal, subject to regulatory approval.

The FCA has today set out plans to make it easier for overseas funds to access UK investors in preparation for the new Overseas Funds Regime (OFR).

Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, is backing the Samaritans charity with a series of activities ahead of Christmas to ensure people know where to turn to if they are struggling to cope during the festive period.

Staffordshire-based pensions adviser Quadros Financial Solutions Ltd (FRN: 764760) has been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The next Financial Planning Week, the CISI-backed, consumer-focused annual consumer campaign to spread awareness of good Financial Planning, will be held on 22-28 January.

The FCA has published the full price list of its database, with marketing companies taking out a weekly subscription to its firms' and individuals' data being charged almost £18,000 a year.

The FCA has published details of temporary measures which will give investment companies a chance to improve cost disclosure.

Expanding national Financial Planning firm Wren Sterling has relaunched its employee benefits business under a new brand called Workplace.

Mark FitzPatrick, the new CEO of national wealth manager St James’s Place, has started work today in his new role after the company received regulatory approval for the appointment.