The Consumer Duty is a “watershed moment” that must be taken extremely seriously by firms offering investment services and financial advice, a senior director at the FCA has said.

Nexus Independent Financial Advisers and Nexus Investment Managers - based in Fareham, Hants - have been restricted from carrying out regulated activities over client money irregularities totalling more than £2m.

Nexus Independent Financial Advisers and Nexus Investment Managers - based in Fareham, Hants - have been restricted from carrying out regulated activities over client money irregularities totalling more than £2m.

Fast-growing national Financial Planning firm Fairstone has acquired Chartered firm Mantle Financial Planning in its first deal of 2023.

Online due diligence fintech DD|hub has launched diligence data for inheritance tax (IHT) planning portfolios to help planners meet FCA expectations ahead of new Consumer Duty rules.

Financial Planning has fallen off the agenda for many UK people with only a third (34%) of them now having a financial plan, according to new research.

The Treasury’s call for evidence on small pension pots is “deeply frustrating”, according to former Pensions Minister Steve Webb, a partner at LCP.

Only 1 in 20 pension schemes will be able to provide dashboard data for all of their members, according to a new survey.

Most UK adults fail to seek regulated financial advice because they believe it to be “too expensive” and “for the wealthy”, according to new research.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has reported strong growth in its fourth quarter trading update for the period ended December.