Halo Invest is to launch a new adviser platform which will offer SIPPs and other investments. 

One in six adults, or 16%, are relying on gut instinct to estimate their retirement needs, according to research from pension provider Standard Life.

Central Markets Investment Management (CMIM) Limited (FRN: 475828) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The Upper Tribunal has upheld a ban on two "reckless" financial advisers who were involved in 1,470 mostly 'flawed' pension transfers worth over £392m.

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods and troubled Financial Planning firm Kingswood are to merge to create a wealth manager with over £25bn in assets.

Dan Olley, CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown, is to leave the firm less than two years after taking up the helm.

As Nikhil Rathi is reappointed as CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, the FCA has set out its strategic direction for 2025/26, with important implications for financial advisers.

The lifetime allowance may have been consigned to the annals of history but the various forms of protection are still relevant in the new world, especially when it comes to the amount of pension commencement lump sum (PCLS) that can be taken.

The dark reality of pension scams is that we don’t really know how common they are. Fraud is a crime which tends to have low reporting events and with pension scams, it’s no different. The emotional toll can be as large as the financial, with some people being too embarrassed to report that they have been the victim of a scam.

While 2024 ended with a lot of doom and gloom in the pension world following the big announcement on inheritance tax (IHT), there was some good news that may have slipped under the radar of some advisers.

It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.