The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Paul Walter, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited (BAML) bond trader, £60,090 for “engaging in market abuse.”
The FPSB, the global body for setting Certified Financial Planner standards, has elected Cary List CFP, President and CEO of Canada’s Financial Planning professional body, to serve as FPSB Council chairperson in 2018.
Chartered Financial Planner Amyr Rocha-Lima has joined Holland Hahn & Wills, a Financial Planner and wealth manager based in Hampton Wick, Surrey.
FCA statistics reveal that the number of enforcement cases opened by the FCA has more than doubled from 2014 to 2017 from 105 to 230, according to a Freedom of Information request by a law firm.
Southport-based Ludlow Wealth Management has acquired the two-office Scottish Financial Planner Whyte Sharp as it looks to expand in Scotland and nationally.
Key Retirement is linking up with live-in care provider Elder to increase the range of options for financial advisers supporting retired clients.
The directors of a payday loan company who used money from a pension liberation scheme to pay off company debts have been banned for a total of 20 years.
Nearly six out of 10 financial advisers want the pensions lifetime allowance abolished, according to a poll of 102 advisers by SIPP provider Momentum.
Almost £15bn in large £1m+ gifts has been donated by individuals, foundations and corporations over the past decade since the financial crisis, according to wealth manager Coutts Million Pound Donors Report.
The Financial Conduct Authority in the UK and its US equivalent, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued warnings about a ‘fake regulator.’