Old Mutual Wealth has reported profits from its platform business rose 46% last year as it integrated Intrinsic's 3,000 advisers into the group.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud involving investments in teak plantations in Brazil.

Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud reporting centre, has said it will change the wording of future communications to the public after concerns about a newsletter incorrectly stating people can get financial "advice" from the Citizens Advice Bureaux...

The April pension freedoms mean greater flexibility in accessing pension funds, but ensuring people are clearly picturing where their money can and will go is important to its success, says Mark Loosmore

Hargreave Hale has poached two investment managers from Brewin Dolphin to open an office in Norwich.

Two firm directors who lost investors about £60m in a scheme the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) branded "an elaborate scam" have had their sentencing postponed following fresh allegations made at the eleventh hour.

Investors in failed fund Connaught who are trying to claw back some of their losses must wait longer in limbo as the regulator admits it has still not brokered a deal to secure redress for them.

How advisers can make money out of the Standard Life/Pearson deal

Standard Life has reported modest growth in its UK business for 2014, with profits before costs up nearly 6% during the year, driven by demand for the life company's auto-enrolment workplace pensions.

Ian Aylward has cut Aviva Investors' multi-manager exposure to US equities to an underweight position for the first time since 2011, fearing the stocks are deeply over valued.