West Lancashire IFA Acumen Financial Partnership has appointed Helen Whiting as a senior adviser covering the Merseyside region. Ms Whiting joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2000 and then later worked for wealth management firms FMG in Liverpool and Gee & Watson in Wirral. She will specialise in pensions and investments and will manage and help grow Acumen’s client base across Merseyside.

The parent of Arbuthnot Latham has appointed corporate lawyer Nigel Boardman as a non-executive director. Mr Boardman joins Arbuthnot Banking Group with immediate effect. The company’s principal subsidiary ...