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AJ Bell has appointed Andrew Donald as its new investment sales director. In the newly created role, Donald will lead adviser sales of AJ Bell's suite of investment solutions, including the distribution of its Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) and range of funds across the platform market.

AJ Bell Investcentre has launched a new offshore bond in partnership with Standard Life to broaden its suite of tax planning solutions for clients and advisers. Advisers can now offer clients the new Standard Life International Bond through AJ Bell's platform, giving clients a flexible investment st

AJ Bell has made three new appointments to strengthen its investments team. Hilary Winn joins AJ Bell in a newly created role as investments director, reporting to AJ Bell Investments managing director Ryan Hughes. She will lead investment strategy and asset allocation across AJ Bell’s multi-a

  Parents have squirreled away £2.5bn into junior ISA, with almost two-thirds £1.55bn of new money now being invested into stocks and shares in 2024/25, despite £1.9bn of child trust funds going unclaimed, according to new HMRC data.

AJ Bell has called on Chancellor John Healey to commit to pension tax stability to avoid another round of damaging speculation about tax-free cash ahead of the October Budget. The firm shared its Budget submission to the Treasury today, highlighting that a pre-Budget commitment to pension tax s

AJ Bell has announced a series of governance changes, including two new non-executive directors, three board departures, and a new independent chair of its investment committee. Craig Gentle joins the board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2026, and Steve Langan joins as a no

AJ Bell Custody Solutions has signed an agreement with Daintree Wealth Management. Daintree will use AJ Bell's Model B solution, designed to give advisers with more control and flexibility over the client experience. Firms partnering with AJ Bell Custody Solutions retain ownership of the client rela

AJ Bell Investments’ Gilt MPS range has surpassed £100m of customer assets, highlighting growing adviser demand for short-dated government bonds as a tax-efficient alternative to cash. The Gilt MPS was launched last April to provide advisors and clients access to a managed portfolio

Aviva is trading near 52-week highs ahead of its first-half results, as all eyes are on chief executive Amanda Blanc following its multi-billion pound turnaround. Analysts are expecting profits for the first half of the year to rise by roughly 17.5% year-on-year to £1.3 billion.  A s

AJ Bell has updated its logo in a bid to reinforce its "feel good investing" campaign. The investment platform confirmed it will keep its brand name the same, but will be launching a new logo that will feature a bell as the front graphic with a new font and colour palette from September 5 on its dir

John Healey, the newly appointed Chancellor, is being called on to guarantee long-term stability on pension tax rules, following a surge in early withdrawals from retirement savings that new analysis links to uncertainty ahead of the last Budget.

The UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) held steady in May, rising by 0.2%, the same rate as in May 2025. 

Cash ISAs experienced a record year in 2025 as savers funnelled £57 billion into these accounts, according to the latest Bank of England figures. This surge represents the highest annual inflow in a decade, vastly outstripping the activity seen since the allowance rose to £20,000 in 2017

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax hikes in the upcoming budget, as she stressed that she will make the "necessary choices". Expected on 26 November, the Chancellor said that the budget will be based on "fairness and opportunity" after "the world has thrown even more challenges in

The most striking announcement from the Bank of England today is not the cut in interest rates, but the prospect of inflation rising to 3.7% this year while its forecasts show the economy continuing to flirt with recession, writes Laith Khalaf. Rising prices will not make for happy consumers who hav