Leicester-based financial planner enters liquidation

Trust Financial Planning ceased all regulated activities on 19 March

Sahar Nazir
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Trust Financial Planning has entered liquidation as joint liquidators Paul Stanley and Dean Watson of Begbies Traynor are appointed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said today (14 August) that Trust Financial Planning became subject to voluntary requirements, including stopping all regulated activity, on 19 March 2025. As of 18 March, the FCA said Trust Financial Planning "must not, without prior written consent from the authority, seek or receive any funds from consumers for the purposes of investment in or sponsorship of the firm, whether by way of equity, loan, gift, donation, pledge or otherwise". It added: "The firm agreed to these voluntary requirements because we considered it was failing to meet our t...

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