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A tax avoidance promoter whose schemes were used by locum doctors and nurses faces a £900,000 penalty for failing to co-operate with HMRC.
Less than a third of financial advisers feel fully supported by their preferred discretionary fund management partner (DFM) on the Consumer Duty, a new survey has warned.
The Waspi campaigners have certainly stung a few backsides at the DWP this week and I can’t help but admiring their pluck. This doesn’t necessarily mean I agree with the entirety of the argument but it is worth exploring why they are so determined and why they need to be listened to.
Phoenix Group, owner of Standard Life and Sun Life, has reserved £70m for the potential impact of Consumer Duty legacy product costs, it revealed in its annual results today.
Cheshire-based Equilibrium Financial Planning has launched a lower cost, ‘lighter touch’ Financial Planning service for the ‘You Tube’ and ‘TikTok’ generation of younger adults beginning to build wealth.
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Advisers need to review decumulation advice - platform
Written by Kat MitchellFinancial advisers need to take a closer look at the suitability of their investment approach for clients taking an income, according to platform Wealthtime.
Analysis: WASPI compensation could cost DWP £10.5bn
Written by Kat MitchellRedress of between £500 and £3,000 for WASPI women, as recommended by the Ombudsman in its report today, would cost the DWP between £3.5bn and £10.5bn according to Hargreaves Lansdown.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has called on the Department for Work and Pensions to consider paying compensation to women born in the 1950s hit by the increase in the State Pension age.
The Bank of England kept its base rate at 5.25% today for the fifth time in a widely expected decision.