Best Practice | 14 Feb 18

The Fry Group has revealed its new managing director and chairman from 1 April is to be Jeremy Woodley, its long-standing sales and marketing director, who is intent on accelerating plans for further offices across the world.

Best Practice | 14 Feb 18

Seven Investment Management has launched a retirement planning service to help advisers in the UK look after clients at, and nearing, retirement.

Companies | 14 Feb 18

Itaconix and RM2 International, two small-cap firms that are majority owned by Neil Woodford, have reported cash troubles in their latest trading updates. Elsewhere, the heavyweight UK manager has doubled his exposure to builder Crest Nicholson.

Companies | 13 Feb 18

The UK Financial Ombudsman Service has upheld a complaint against an Intrinsic financial adviser, who helped a client switch his personal pension to a self-invested personal pension (Sipp) to invest in Harlequin, a now-defunct unregulated investment scheme.

Investment | 13 Feb 18

Consumer price index (CPI) inflation remained at 3% in January, defying the consensus view that it would marginally dip to 2.9%.