News

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is considering whether it will pay compensation to those invested through the troubled self invested personal pension (SIPP) operator HD Administrators (HDA).

Tina Weeks is growing her Serenity Financial Planning firm by bringing on board two more advisers and a paraplanner.

RSM Tenon group has appointed administrators and has suspended its shares following an announcement this morning that a takeover deal by Baker Tilly has fallen through.

Ignis Asset Management is preparing to expand its product range as it reports profits for the first half of the year were unchanged from H1 2012.

IFA acquirer and wealth manager Bellpenny has completed its acquisition of Glasgow based IFA firm KM Financial Advisers.

Almost a third of advisers have plans to expand their business in the next six months, either by recruiting additional staff or through mergers or acquisitions, according to research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed three new members to its Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), including a former JP Morgan investment banker and Barclay's director.

Adviser Home has partnered with Zurich in order to assist advisers in developing their protection businesses.

Edward Bramson is to stand down from his role as chairman of F&C Asset Management, to be replaced by Keiran Poynter.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has canceled the permissions of Cardiff-based financial adviser Ingram Graham (IGL) after he failed pay a total of £21,348 in fees and levies.