Wealth management and SIPP firm Mattioli Woods has completed its deal to acquire private equity firm and alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners UK LLP.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pension guidance consultation is too skewed to promotion Pension Wise and risks detracting from Financial Planners who may better serve customers, according to pension and investment providers.

Nearly 70% of DB transfers went ahead when contingent charging was used compared to less than 28% when non-contingent charging was applied, according to a Freedom of Information request.

Investment firm and wealth manager Rathbone Brothers has acquired James Hay-owned Financial Planner Saunderson House for £150m.

Complaints about pensions dropped 69.3% year on year between April 2020 and March 2021, but complaints about investments increased 2.4% over the same period, according to a new complaints data report.