Platform and investment provider Fidelity International is believed to be considering up to 1,000 job cuts as the firm re-evaluates its cost base, according to reports.
Read more ...Planners disappointed at ‘smoke and mirrors’ Budget
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Financial Planners have expressed disappointment that frozen income tax and inheritance tax thresholds were not addressed in yesterday’s Budget.
Read more ...Reputation is key when selecting an adviser say clients
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Adviser clients say that “reputation and credibility” were their key factors when choosing a financial adviser, according to a national survey of 2,100 consumers.
Read more ...Assets up despite dip in net flows for Aviva wealth arm
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Assets under management rose 15% to £170bn for Aviva’s wealth arm for the year ended 31 December 2023 despite a drop in net flows.
Read more ...Spring Budget: Full text of Chancellor's Speech
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Spring Budget 2024 speech as delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 6 March 2024 (transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
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Nationwide to snap up Virgin Money for £2.9bn
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Nationwide Building Society is to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn to create a combined business serving 22.6m customers.
Read more ...£24.3bn pulled from funds by retail investors in 2023
- Thursday, 07 March 2024
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UK retail savers took £24.3bn out of investment funds in 2023, according to the latest data from the Investment Association.
Read more ...Spring Budget: Chancellor cuts NI by another 2pc
- Wednesday, 06 March 2024
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a cut to employees’ National Insurance from 10% to 8% from April as one of a raft of measures announced in his Spring Budget today.
Read more ...Spring Budget: Concerns over reform of non-dom tax
- Wednesday, 06 March 2024
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his Spring Budget today that the Government will scrap and reform the tax status benefiting individuals who are non-domiciled in the UK.
Read more ...Spring Budget: Chancellor pushes ahead with 'Pot for Life'
- Wednesday, 06 March 2024
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reaffirmed the Government’s plans to give people one ‘pension pot for life’, moveable from job to job, despite concerns shared by the financial advice industry.
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