The number of pension trustees who are encouraging members to take regulated financial advice has increased by 9% over the past year.

Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary and frontrunner to be next Prime Minister, plans to create a merged financial 'super regulator', according to a new report.

Digital wealth manager Verso Wealth Management has acquired Glasgow-based Financial Planning firm Campbell Thomson for an undisclosed sum.

Cheshire-based Financial Planning firm Clarion Wealth Planning is to become 'carbon neutral' by the autumn.

Adviser numbers rose 5% (year-on-year) to 4,581 in the first half of the year at advice network The Openwork Partnership.

National adviser group Continuum, which is set to be acquired by M&G Wealth, has recruited Stephanie McClarence as a new Chartered Financial Planner based in Tyneside.

A pair of pension trustees have pleaded guilty to making illegal loans from a company pension scheme to the scheme’s employer.

Financial Planners taking part in a recent Personal Finance Society poll say that coaching their clients to be more savvy about money is the most enjoyable part of being a professional in 2022.

Fast growing Financial Planning group Kingswood has hired two experienced advisers for its London and Kent offices.

CPI inflation jumped from 9.4% in June to 10.1% in July, the highest level seen since the early 1980s.