Momodou Musa Touray

Raymond James Wealth Management has appointed former Legal & General executive Martina Kay as group chief people officer.

The High Court of New Zealand has set a date in May for the first material hearing in the USD 4.6bn class action lawsuit against FNZ Group and 17 of its current and former directors.

This is the protection sector’s uncomfortable truth. We rightly promote mental health awareness. We run campaigns telling people to open up, to seek therapy early, to break the stigma.But if someone discloses exactly that in an application form, they risk a loading, an exclusion or a decline.

ETFs are still barely used in UK managed portfolios despite strong interest from advisers and pressure from issuers, according to Morningstar’s UK Managed Portfolio Landscape 2025 report.

Quilter has announced the launch of the Quilter Investors Absolute Return Equity Fund, a sub-advised mandate to be used within the WealthSelect Managed Portfolio Service.

The UK economy expanded by 0.1% in August, helped by stronger manufacturing output, according to the latest figures from the Office for National

The UK government will now have to respond to a petition launched by wealth management firm AJ Bell after it passed 10,000 signatures.Last week, AJ Bell launched the petition calling on chancellor Rachel Reeves to make a public commitment to protect the tax incentives that underpin retirement saving in the UK.

Quilter Financial Planning has welcomed eight new appointed representative (AR) firms to its network since April, expanding its national footprint.

Pension contributions for under-18s rose to £79.6m in 2022/23, up from £75.9m the year before, according to Lubbock Fine Wealth Management (LFWM).The firm said more families are using children’s pensions as a tool for inheritance tax (IHT) planning.

Private markets are on course for explosive expansion, with total global assets forecast to surge 70% by 2030 to $23.9trn, according to Ocorian’s latest Global Asset Monitor.The total value of private assets held in funds has risen 9.6% so far this year to a record $14.05trn, marking a 77% jump since 2020 and 205% since 2015.