Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has promoted CFO Michael Summersgill to the newly-created role of deputy chief executive officer.

Average earnings data published this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has highlighted the difficult decision faced by the Chancellor this autumn when deciding on State Pension rates for April 2022.

More than 9 in 10 IFAs are willing to accept that ESG-focused funds and investments may produce lower returns than non-ESG funds - but believe this is an acceptable downside risk, a new study has revealed.

Investment platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has changed the terms on its Managed Portfolio Service funds to reduce risks and costs for advisers.

STM Group, the international financial services provider which owns Carey Pensions (now known as Options), is to make its chief operating officer Peter Marr redundant in the second half of the year as it downsizes its executive team.