SJP warns on dangers of ‘blurring’ advice boundaries
- Friday, 08 December 2023
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St James’s Place - one of the UK’s largest wealth managers with more than 4,700 advisers - has given a cautious welcome to the FCA’s ‘simplified advice’ proposals published today but warned that the boundaries between advice and guidance must remain clear to avoid consumers being mis-sold.
Read more...AI can help fill the advice gap - FCA
- Friday, 06 October 2023
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Artificial Intelligence technology (AI) can help solve the advice gap, a leading FCA executive has predicted.
Read more...60% of advisers say Duty will push up advice fees
- Monday, 11 September 2023
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Six in 10 financial advisers believe the Consumer Duty will increase the advice fees they charge and make the advice gap worse, according to a new survey.
Read more...86% of advisers offer independent advice
- Friday, 04 August 2023
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Nearly 9 in 10 financial advisers offer independent rather than restricted financial advice, according to data published this week in the FCA’s Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) report for 2022.
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