Annuities may have become somewhat downtrodden with doom and gloom predictions since the pension reforms kicked in but new research suggests the younger generation are willing to give them a fair hearing.
About 500 small and 200 large advisory firms have been told their suitability reports must be sent to be assessed by the FCA.
Two Certified Financial Planners are wanted by a worldwide Financial Planning body to sit on its board.
An FCA hospitality probe has found events such as golf or tennis were not ostensibly “designed to enhance the quality of service to the client”.
The Investment Association has launched a review of equity income sector definitions and questioned whether the current yield requirement is “fit for purpose”.
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb will open the CISI’s Financial Planning Annual Conference, it has been announced.
A wealth management firm has been handed a Final Notice after the FCA said it had failed to comply with a regulatory requirement.
Flexi-access drawdown is among the phrases that should be confined to the scrap heap to make pensions clearer for consumers, the ABI says.
The Lifetime ISA is the end of pensions as we know them – according to a survey of advisers.
A Compare the Market style web-based service called Pension Monster, aimed at younger investors, will launch this year.