Simon Cogman-Hellier, CEO of the new Leicestershire-based IFA consolidator Radiant Financial Group launched last year, has spoken exclusively to Financial Planning Today about the firm’s acquisition pipeline, doing business during lockdown and how his psychology background has influenced his career.

Independent Wealth Planners has rebranded its Welsh regional hub Bartholomew Hawkins Asset Management as Maven Wealth Management and appointed Wes Nixon as new CEO.

Financial adviser Frenkel Topping has acquired two specialist clinical injury law firms for a total of £9m only a few months after revealing it was shifting its strategy away from acquiring adviser firms.

Wealth manager trade body PIMFA has called for radical reform of the advice sector to reach more consumers.

Royal London has launched its Investment Pathways to help non-advised customers move some or all of their pensions into income drawdown. 

Nearly 1 in 3 financial advisers believe that the FCA’s new ‘Investment Pathways’ pension reforms - which come into effect today - will cut demand for retirement advice although some expect a boost to advice demand.

Hargreaves Lansdown has seen the average age of clients drop from 45 to 37 in what it believes is a significant shift in its client demographics, it revealed today in its half yearly results.

Pension savers withdrew £9.4bn flexibly using the Pension Freedoms in 2020, new HMRC data reveals.

Expanding Financial Planner Perspective Financial Group has recruited Dan Stokoe, a former regional head at Schroders Personal Wealth.

The London Stock Exchange Group has completed its £20bn acquisition of global data provider Refinitiv in an all-share deal.