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More needs to be done to promote the value of Financial Planning advice to potential clients, an adviser survey has indicated.
The lang cat financial data provider has added actuarial consultancy AKG's financial strength ratings to its interactive online platform analysing tool.
Defined benefit (DB) transfer values increased by nearly 4% during May and the number of members taking a transfer value rose slightly from the record low observed in April.
PFS helps school pupils to 'pick' advisers' brains
Written by Kat MitchellThe Personal Finance Society is to work with schools to give pupils the opportunity to pick the brains of financial advisers online.
BW warns of 'capacity crunch' in DB transfer advice
Written by Kat MitchellPension consultancy Barnett Waddingham has warned that there are likely to be too few advisers to meet demand from the 120,000 pension savers a year it predicts will need DB transfer advice.
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Expanding national Financial Planning firm Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has acquired London Financial Planner Clairville York Financial Advisers, the company’s eighth ‘hub.’
The percentage of Nest’s 9m pension savers opting out of auto enrolment has increased from 6% to 9% following the second increase in minimum auto enrolment contributions.
A record 1m more people will reach the Pension Freedom age of 55 his year and this ‘peak’ will last for several years, according to new analysis.
The Financial Services Consumer Panel - which advisers the FCA on consumer interests - has appointed two new members.