Jean-Noel Alba, the former deputy chief executive officer of French asset manager H2O AM LLP (H2O) has been fined £1,049,500 by the FCA and banned from the financial services industry.
Read more ...6 charged over £75m storage unit pension fraud
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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Six people have been charged over a pension fund and SIPP fraud which involved £75m being invested into storage units in the North of England and Scotland.
Read more ...State pension age may need to rise to 80
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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The State Pension age may need to rise as high as 80 to deal with a long term funding crisis, according to new modelling by pension consultants and actuaries Barnett Waddingham.
Read more ...Taxpayers in dark about how much they put into pensions
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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A quarter, 24%, of people have little to no idea about how much they and their employers are paying into their pension.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Profession faces decline without new blood
- Saturday, 26 July 2025
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I attended the launch in central London this week of the Personal Finance Society’s £1m drive to find new blood for the profession and tackle the worrying long-term decline in new entrants. It was a sobering morning.
Read more ...Dorset SIPP operator fails
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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SIPP operator Corporate & Professional Pensions Ltd (FRN: 465748) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Read more ...57% of investors would consider illiquid assets in LTAFs
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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Three in five UK investors (57%) would consider investing in illiquid assets through Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs) when they are allowed in ISAs, according to new research.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Chancellor has Consumer Duty in her sights
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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I don’t think I was the only one a little surprised by the Chancellor’s decision this week to order a significant review of at least part of the Consumer Duty, which was only fully introduced in 2023.
Read more ...Hargreaves removes Schroder Income from Wealth Shortlist
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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Hargreaves Lansdown has removed the Schroder Income fund from its Wealth Shortlist because of changes to the fund management team.
Read more ...Student who sold 'phishing' kits to fraudsters jailed for 7 years
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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A Canterbury University student who sold more than a thousand phishing kits - used by scammers to defraud victims of more than £100m - has been jailed for seven years.
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