It is hard to believe that the first SIPP was sold over 30 years ago.

Wealth manager St James’s Place saw profits slump in 2019 after a “challenging year” for the wealth management sector.

Government-backed financial guidance body the Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has appointed 11 leaders tasked with transforming UK financial wellbeing over the next 10 years.

Embark Group, the owner of Rowanmoor, has restructured its pensions businesses with a new joint chief exec to run them and two senior executives leaving.

Carey Pensions, the SIPP firm bought out last year after being hit by a major court case, has been relaunched under a new name, Options.

LEBC Group, the pensions and financial advice company founded by a Chartered Financial Planner, remains in “buoyant mood” despite making a financial year loss of £401,000 last year and having to withdraw from DB transfer advice.