Dan Cooper

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Tuesday 21 July 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Burnham appoints Healey as

The FCA has warned firms that collecting Consumer Duty data alone is not enough to demonstrate that customers are receiving good outcomes.

Aviva has appointed Mike Ambery as director of policy for its UK wealth business. Ambery joins from Standard Life, where he spent two years.

Aberdeen's CEO Jason Windsor said the group was “impatient to go further” after its adviser business recorded £1.3bn of net outflows.

St James’s Place (SJP) has reduced its provision for its historic ongoing-service evidence review to £110m as it approaches the final stages.

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Wednesday 29 July 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Aberdeen Adviser

Rathbones will launch an on-demand financial advice service but has not provided details of the service’s launch date, pricing or scope.

Taxable pension withdrawals reached a record £22.4bn in 2025/26 as growing numbers of savers accessed their retirement pots flexibly.

Inheritance tax liabilities reached a record £7.03bn in 2023/24 despite a fall in the number of estates paying the charge, new figures show.

Workplace pension participation among eligible employees reached 90% in 2025, although new-saver opt-out rates rose.