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AIM-listed wealth manager Brooks Macdonald has seen assets under management soar to £4.6bn in the last three months, boosted by the recent acquisition of Spearpoint.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has joined the growing number of platforms looking to benefit from an exodus of Skandia sales staff.

The Professional Adviser ‘Personality of the Year' award is going to be hotly contested this year between no less than seven nominations.

Junior ISA provider The Children's ISA has launched a ‘University ISA' targeting parents concerned about university fees.

St James's Place (SJP) has given a rare insight into its ability to negotiate aggressively with fund managers.

Invesco Perpetual has hired David Bower as head of marketing for the EMEA region, after Rick White's marketing role was made redundant in November.

The ABI has called for a national awareness campaign on the public's right to social care once the Care and Support Bill is published in the spring.

Firms distributing 'payment protection' products - such as short-term income protection - must ensure salespeople do not have inappropriate incentives to sell them, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has stressed in new guidance.

Andrea Rozario, director general of The Equity Release Council, has chosen to step down from her role at the end of February to pursue new challenges.

National Savings & Investment (NS&I) is to close its Cash ISA and automatically transfer customers to its Direct ISA in May as part of long-standing plans to simplify its range of savings products.