The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has opened the doors to compensation on five failed financial firms it has declared in default.
Read more ...1 in 4 women have no pension pot
- Tuesday, 12 April 2022
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Women are struggling to save for later life with 1 in 4 having no pension pot and most saying they find it harder to save than men.
Read more ...National accountant acquires veteran IFA firm
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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National accountancy firm MHA Macintyre Hudson, part of Baker Tilly International, has acquired Northampton IFA Cave & Sons as it seeks to build its wealth management division.
Read more ...Long-running Carey SIPP case comes to a close
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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The Supreme Court has denied STM Group permission to appeal in the landmark Adams vs Carey case, effectively ending the long-running saga which questioned provider responsibility when accepting investments into a SIPP.
Read more ...6 in 10 Financial Planning bosses looking to exit
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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As business valuations rocket, 60% of Financial Planning firm owners are looking to exit the industry in the next three years, according to a new report.
Read more ...Quilter Cheviot adds two Planners to Dublin office
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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Quilter Cheviot Europe (QCE), the Irish subsidiary of wealth manager Quilter Cheviot, has added two Financial Planners to its Dublin team.
Read more ...2 in 3 retirees in 2022 plan flexible retirement
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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Two thirds of people (66%) planning to retire this year expect to continue some form of paid employment in comparison to 56% of those who retired in 2021, according to a new report.
Read more ...Thousands of NHS workers breach annual pensions allowance
- Monday, 11 April 2022
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At least 34% of people who exceeded the £40,000 annual pension allowance in 2019/20 were members of the NHS Pension Scheme, according to data sourced from HMRC sourced by Quilter.
Read more ...PFS wants more ‘proportional' FCA regulation
- Friday, 08 April 2022
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The Personal Finance Society, the biggest professional body for Financial Planners and Paraplanners, has called for more ‘proportional’ regulation by the FCA under its new strategy to avoid killing off parts of the advice sector.
Read more ...FCA issues warnings on 19 suspect firms in 7 days
- Friday, 08 April 2022
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The FCA has issued 19 warnings on unauthorised and clone firms in the past 7 days, a rate of nearly 3 per day.
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