Thomas Young and Stacey Body, co-founders of acquisitive hybrid advice start-up Aventur, spoke to Financial Planning Today about the challenges of building their own technology, what they learnt from former roles at Fairstone and SJP, and why they believe hybrid advice is the future.
Read more ...Exclusive: Provider attitudes to tech a headache for hybrid advisers
- Tuesday, 03 May 2022
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Watchdog bans 5 involved in £2.8m investment scam
- Tuesday, 03 May 2022
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The FCA has banned indefinitely five individuals involved in an illegal investment scheme which ripped off elderly and vulnerable investors.
Read more ...FCA details goodwill payments for complaint delays
- Tuesday, 03 May 2022
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its approach to making ex-gratia payments due to avoidable delays in its complaint handling.
Read more ...Former Embark CEO joins Fintel board
- Tuesday, 03 May 2022
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Phil Smith, founder and former group CEO of Embark, has been appointed as a non-executive director at fintech and support services firm Fintel.
Read more ...Advisers frustrated by provider expression of wish process
- Tuesday, 03 May 2022
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Over two thirds (72%) of financial advisers think providers do not give enough clear and consistent information about how to complete expressions of wishes.
Read more ...Tilney S&W hires new CEO for £10bn investment admin arm
- Friday, 29 April 2022
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Wealth manager and Financial Planner Tilney Smith & Williamson has hired Neil Coxhead from Waystone to be the new head of its £10bn ACD (authorised corporate director) fund host and admin arm.
Read more ...2 in 3 young people follow social media 'finfluencers’
- Friday, 29 April 2022
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Several million young people in the UK are believed to be following so-called social media financial influencers or ‘finfluencers,’ according to new research.
Read more ...SFO recovers £1m from UK's biggest boiler room fraud
- Friday, 29 April 2022
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The Serious Fraud Office is to return over £1m to more than 200 victims of one of the UK’s biggest ever boiler room frauds.
Read more ...Brown Shipley plans Scottish growth with new MD
- Friday, 29 April 2022
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Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Brown Shipley has appointed Mark Flynn as its new managing director and head of Scotland.
Read more ...FSCS warns about 2 firms targeting LCF victims
- Friday, 29 April 2022
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has taken the unusual step of naming two firms suspected of trying to scam LCF mini-bond victims.
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