Liam Coleman, former Co-op Bank chief executive, has been appointed interim chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service by the FCA.
Read more ...Pre-retirees facing £18,000 income gap in retirement
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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The gap people need to fill between their income aspirations in retirement and the amount provided by the State Pension has climbed to £18,552, according to new analysis of DWP figures.
Read more ...London Chartered Planner recruits Fairstone director
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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London Chartered Financial Planning firm Westminster Wealth Management has hired former Fairstone director Mark Hewson to the newly-created role of director of business operations.
Read more ...Asset manager's deputy CEO fined £1m and banned
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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Jean-Noel Alba, the former deputy chief executive officer of French asset manager H2O AM LLP (H2O) has been fined £1,049,500 by the FCA and banned from the financial services industry.
Read more ...6 charged over £75m storage unit pension fraud
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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Six people have been charged over a pension fund and SIPP fraud which involved £75m being invested into storage units in the North of England and Scotland.
Read more ...State pension age may need to rise to 80
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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The State Pension age may need to rise as high as 80 to deal with a long term funding crisis, according to new modelling by pension consultants and actuaries Barnett Waddingham.
Read more ...Taxpayers in dark about how much they put into pensions
- Monday, 28 July 2025
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A quarter, 24%, of people have little to no idea about how much they and their employers are paying into their pension.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Profession faces decline without new blood
- Saturday, 26 July 2025
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I attended the launch in central London this week of the Personal Finance Society’s £1m drive to find new blood for the profession and tackle the worrying long-term decline in new entrants. It was a sobering morning.
Read more ...Dorset SIPP operator fails
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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SIPP operator Corporate & Professional Pensions Ltd (FRN: 465748) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Read more ...57% of investors would consider illiquid assets in LTAFs
- Friday, 25 July 2025
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Three in five UK investors (57%) would consider investing in illiquid assets through Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs) when they are allowed in ISAs, according to new research.
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