Government-backed financial guidance body the Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has appointed 11 leaders tasked with transforming UK financial wellbeing over the next 10 years.

Embark Group, the owner of Rowanmoor, has restructured its pensions businesses with a new joint chief exec to run them and two senior executives leaving.

Carey Pensions, the SIPP firm bought out last year after being hit by a major court case, has been relaunched under a new name, Options.

LEBC Group, the pensions and financial advice company founded by a Chartered Financial Planner, remains in “buoyant mood” despite making a financial year loss of £401,000 last year and having to withdraw from DB transfer advice.

The Government has today launched a consultation which could see its Dormant Assets scheme significantly expanded to include funds and a wide range of other investments held by investors.

Questions about early retirement top the list of retirement planning advice requirements when pension savers see their financial adviser, according to a new survey.