The former director general of the Association of Independent Financial Advisers has been appointed to a leading role at the FCA.
Fewer financial advisers are using Twitter than they were last year, a survey has suggested.
A leading FCA figure’s forecast that cash flow planning will soon become mainstream is “very encouraging”, the incoming IFP President says.
Nearly a third of firms have told the FCA they always refuse transfers from insistent clients.
Aberdeen has quickly followed up its acquisition of Parmenion by announcing it is to take 100% ownership of a specialist investment manager.
Finance firms should all be given a simple star rating such as that used by ebay or the Food Standards Agency, a consumer watchdog says.
The FCA and FOS are both run by human beings and therefore there will always be differences in dealing with something as subjective as suitability, a top regulatory official says.
An FCA expert on a quest to quell regulation ‘myths’ has urged Financial Planners and Paraplanners to raise concerns and questions directly to the regulator.
Hargreaves Landsown has revealed it is being stung by a 450% rise in its bill to help pay for the FSCS, as it announced a 5% drop in profits.
Scores of Paraplanners will head to Northamptonshire later today as the third national Paraplanners Powwow gets set to take place.
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