Lifetime ISAs may be diverting people away from more suitable products and putting part of their savings at risk, MPs have warned.
Read more ...LISAs could be spurring poor financial decisions warn MPs
- Monday, 30 June 2025
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Industry welcomes FCA’s ‘targeted support’ proposals
- Monday, 30 June 2025
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FCA plans announced today to allow firms to offer ‘targeted support’ have been widely welcomed across the financial services sector.
Read more ...FCA publishes plans to allow firms to offer ‘targeted support’
- Monday, 30 June 2025
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The FCA has today published its proposals on ‘targeted support’ which would allow firms to make financial guidance suggestions to groups of consumers with 'common characteristics'.
Read more ...85-year-old man pleads guilty to misleading investors
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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Former NASA physicist John Burford has pleaded guilty in a £1m investment fraud case, following a prosecution brought by the FCA.
Read more ...Number of highly vulnerable clients falls
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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The overall proportion of clients with high levels of vulnerability has decreased over the past year, according to research by fintech Dynamic Planner.
Read more ...3.36m more taxpayers dragged into higher tax bands
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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HMRC figures reveal that an extra 3.36m taxpayers have been dragged into paying higher or additional rate tax in the current year.
Read more ...Pension transfer values dip to new low
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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Pension transfer values fell to a new month-end low in May, the third consecutive monthly record.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Planner confidence is hard to dent
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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Our annual Financial Planning Today survey is under way and the early findings are already revealing some surprising findings, including the depth of confidence in the profession despite the economic headwinds and concerns about the rising cost of regulation.
Read more ...New CEO for Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has appointed the Financial Reporting Council's executive director of supervision Sarah Rapson as its new chief executive officer.
Read more ...FCA’s decision to ban former Barclays CEO upheld
- Friday, 27 June 2025
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The FCA’s decision to ban Jes Staley, former chief executive of Barclays, from holding senior management roles in the financial services industry has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal.
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