Adviser platform Wealthtime says it may make it own acquisitions following the completion of its takeover by European private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has responded to a bid from former Pensions Minister Stephen Timms MP to make pension guidance appointments automatic.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks has received the go ahead from the FCA to complete its acquisition of rival Talbot and Muir.

The FSCS is working through nearly 1,000 potential claims against SIPP operator Guinness Mahon which collapsed in February.

A convicted criminal accountant who defrauded a pension scheme of £292,000 has been ordered to repay the money.

The DWP is set to "nudge" more DC pension savers to get guidance from Pension Wise - the government consumer help service - when they near taking pension benefits.