A total of over £114bn has been invested in Automatic Enrolment pensions by nearly 11m people since they were first launched 10 years ago, new government figures published today show.
Read more ...Nearly 11m invest £114bn in auto-enrolment pensions
- Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Platform net sales plummet to 10 year low
- Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Platforms had their worst three months in a decade in the third quarter as market wobbles and a wave of bad news took their toll, according to a new report from platform and investment research company Fundscape.
Read more ...Harriett Baldwin MP to chair Treasury Committee
- Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Former Economic Secretary to the Treasury Harriett Baldwin MP has been elected chair of the influential Treasury Committee.
Read more ...Transact parent expects 2022 revenue to beat estimates
- Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Transact parent IntegraFin Holdings issued a trading statement today saying that the group was “performing well” with adjusted pre-tax profit for the year ended 30 September expected to be “moderately above” the top end of analysts’ estimates.
Read more ...Doctors quit NHS pension scheme in droves
- Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Doctors are cutting hours and leaving the NHS pension scheme in an attempt to manage the impact of punitive pension taxation, according to a new study.
Read more ...Estates shrink because of cost of living crisis
- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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One in ten people expects to have nothing left to leave to loved ones when they die because of rising living costs, according to new research.
Read more ...Exclusive: Q&A with Options MD Christine Hallett
- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Christine Hallett founded retirement and SIPP provider Options UK (formerly Carey Pensions) in 2009 and is MD of the company, now part of STM Group. Here, the Options MD talks exclusively to Financial Planning Today about her business following the controversial Adams case, her views on the SIPP market and her plans for the future.
Read more ...Active funds ‘fail to impress’, says Morningstar
- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Active fund managers had the chance to “easily” beat passive funds in the first half of 2022 but failed to impress, according to financial research and investment management company Morningstar.
Read more ...FSCS withdraws default of IFG Financial Services Ltd
- Tuesday, 08 November 2022
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has taken the unusual step of withdrawing its default notice on former advice firm IFG Financial Services Ltd (IFGFS).
Read more ...Advisers fear Consumer Duty may widen advice gap
- Tuesday, 08 November 2022
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Two-thirds of financial advisers fear the FCA’s new Consumer Duty will increase the advice gap.
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