The Financial Services Authority has issued a consultation paper on regulatory fees and levies for advisers in 2013/14, raising the minimum threshold to £100,000.
The Financial Services Authority has fined a financial adviser £117,330 for advising clients to invest in unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS).
The New Model Business Academy, the not for profit learning academy, has launched a free gap fill tool for advisers that fills all 109 gaps and is accredited by the Institute of Financial Planning.
After the mixed reactions to DWP's paper, 'Government response to the consultation: Improving transfers and dealing with small pension pots', Xafinity, the UK pensions and payments specialists, is encouraging the Department to push forward with a virtual amalgamation tool for pensions.
Platform provider Nucleus said that caution was again the watchword among advisers in Q3 as the Dimensional Global Short Bond Fund became the largest fund holding on Nucleus, replacing the Legal & General Index Linked Gilt Index Trust.
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