A spike in the divorce rate has increased the risk of financial vulnerability, the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) has warned.
Read more ...Divorce rise increasing financial vulnerability risk - warning
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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Crisis forcing parents to bring forward wealth transfer plans
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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The cost of living crisis is forcing parents to scrap their inheritance plans, new research from Killik & Co suggests.
Read more ...2 in 3 advisers rely on pension drawdown
- Friday, 28 October 2022
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Two thirds of advisers say that up to 50% of their business is now from clients in pension drawdown, according to a new survey.
Read more ...Guy Opperman returns to DWP
- Friday, 28 October 2022
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Guy Opperman MP, one of the longest serving Pensions Ministers in recent times, has returned to the Department for Work and Pensions although the pensions portfolio he held has yet to be allocated.
Read more ...FSCS declares SIPP adviser in default
- Friday, 28 October 2022
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The FSCS has declared in default a Hull-based financial adviser which provided SIPP and investment advice.
Read more ...Obituary: Ian Taylor - punk rocker entrepreneur
- Friday, 28 October 2022
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Ian Taylor, one of the founders of platform Transact, died on 17 October at home after a short illness and two years after retiring. The company has written an obituary for their much-loved founder which Financial Planning Today is reproducing here by kind permission of the company.
Read more ...Global Planning body FPSB appoints new CEO
- Friday, 28 October 2022
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The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global standards setting body for Certified Financial Planners, has appoint Dante De Gori CFP as its new CEO from 1 January.
Read more ...PFS warns members after CII cyber attack
- Thursday, 27 October 2022
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The Chartered Insurance Institute and its sister professional body for Financial Planners, the Personal Finance Society, have been hit by a cyber attack which has seen some members’ data accessed.
Read more ...Southeast Financial Planner makes first acquisition
- Thursday, 27 October 2022
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Kent-based Financial Planning firm GSI Group has made its first acquisition with a deal to buy a Hampshire adviser.
Read more ...£7.2bn rise in 'lost' pensions in 4 years
- Thursday, 27 October 2022
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The total value of ‘lost’ pension pots has jumped by £7.2bn to £26.6bn in four years, according to a new report.
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