Savings and retirement provider Phoenix Group saw assets under administration (AUA) fall 16% to £259bn last year from £310bn in 2021, after it made a pre-tax loss of £1.8bn.

Advisers are more frequently recommending onshore open-architecture bonds, annuities and more sophisticated investment products.

Quilter has warned that more than 1.1m taxpayers could be dragged into higher rate tax bands by 2027.

Platform Transact has embargoed staff leave for several weeks to cope with the end of tax year rush.

The FCA will begin invoicing for the Treasury’s new Anti-Money Laundering levy from July, with some large firms expected to pay £250,000 per annum.

A new professional body to help promote compliance with the FCA’s new Consumer Duty requirements has been launched in London today.

M&G’s full year results for 2022 reveal that the firm paid £73m for wealth manager and Financial Planner Sandringham Financial Partners.

The FCA has approved the first Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) with Schroders becoming the inaugural provider.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners suffered a near £5bn drop in Assets Under Management in 2022 as market turmoil hit figures, the firm’s full year results out today show.

Advisers are largely optimistic about the coming 12 months, according to new research.