Two-thirds of advisers (66%) say they have changed their processes as a result of the FCA’s Thematic Review of Retirement Income Advice published earlier this year.
Read more ...FCA retirement review nudges advisers to change processes
- Monday, 16 September 2024
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Phoenix scraps sale of Sun Life
- Monday, 16 September 2024
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Retirement and insurance firm Phoenix Group, owner of Standard Life, has scrapped plans to sell its over-50s insurance specialist Sun Life.
Read more ...Close Brothers CEO takes ‘leave of absence’
- Monday, 16 September 2024
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Close Brothers group chief executive Adrian Sainsbury has taken temporary medical leave of absence from the business, the company revealed today.
Read more ...Wealth manager City & Merchant goes into liquidation
- Monday, 16 September 2024
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Wealth manager City & Merchant Limited (FRN 154182), which had trading restrictions imposed on it by the FCA in June, has gone into liquidation.
Read more ...Think tank warns of looming retirement crisis
- Monday, 16 September 2024
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A retirement crisis will take hold within the next two decades without policy change to address widespread under-saving, according to Phoenix Insights.
Read more ...Financial Planning Today Magazine: Next issue out soon
- Friday, 13 September 2024
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The latest edition of Financial Planning Today magazine, the premium UK journal for Financial Planning, Wealth Management and Paraplanning professionals, will be out next week.
Read more ...Londoners among least likely to take retirement advice
- Friday, 13 September 2024
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Londoners are among the least likely people in the UK to seek retirement planning financial advice with just 9% stating that financial advisers have been their main source of retirement advice compared to 18% in Scotland.
Read more ...TPR calls for more diversity in pension assets
- Friday, 13 September 2024
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has called on pension professionals to consider a more diverse range of investments.
Read more ...Financial education key to social mobility
- Friday, 13 September 2024
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Better financial education in schools could be the key to increasing social mobility, according to a new study.
Read more ...24.6m have never taken financial advice
- Friday, 13 September 2024
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A major new consumer financial survey has revealed that 24.6m people in the UK have never taken financial advice or guidance with 11m saying ‘perceived barriers’ deter them from seeking advice.
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