Former Pensions Minister Guy Opperman has join pension admin firm Aptia as a strategic adviser.

The Financial Ombudsman Service said today it expects to receive 188,000 cases in 2026/27, while resolving 245,000 cases.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Titan Wealth has acquired £590m AUA Chester-based Financial Planning firm Innes Reid Investment Limited, for an undisclosed amount.

Higher earners are missing out on hundreds of millions of pounds in unclaimed pension tax relief each year, according to digital pension provider Penfold.

IntegraFin Holdings, the parent company of adviser platform Transact, has today reported net inflows of £1bn in its first quarter (ending 30 Dec), an 11% year-on-year increase.

Hargreaves Lansdown has appointed Vanguard’s US MD Matt Benchener as chief executive officer as a permanent replacement for Dan Olley, who stepped down from the position last May after less than two years.

Wealth and investment manager W1M has acquired rival Vermeer Partners, which has more than £2bn in AUM, for an undisclosed amount.

Regional Financial Planner Cooper Parry Wealth has acquired Wimbledon-based Chartered Financial Planner Gem & Co for an undisclosed amount.

The years of huge compensation payouts for pension transfer redress look to be easing after the latest Broadstone DB Redress Tracker revealed DB pension transfer compensation remained nil in the majority of cases in 2025.

Generation X people - who are mostly aged between 44 and 59 - are the least positive age group about their finances for 2026 compared to Millennials and Gen Z.