A quarter of adults have stopped or are planning to stop contributing to their workplace pensions in order to keep up with rising living costs, a new study has found.
Read more ...Soaring bills resulting in depression - PFS survey
- Tuesday, 01 November 2022
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Hard-pressed Britons, particularly younger ones, are struggling to cope mentally with rising bills, new research from the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has revealed today.
Read more ...Nearly 2,500 register for Festival of Financial Planning
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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Nearly 2,500 financial professionals have so far signed up to attend the Personal Finance Society’s two-day Festival of Financial Planning which gets under way tomorrow.
Read more ...PFS Festival - Consumer Duty 'tougher' than TCF
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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The new FCA Consumer Duty will be much tougher than the previous Treating Customers Fairly regulatory principles, the FCA's director of consumers investment Therese Chambers told Financial Planners in a keynote speech at the two-day Festival of Financial Planning which got under way today.
Read more ...PFS Festival - Time to shout about profession
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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The new President of the Personal Finance Society Caroline Stuart has urged members to help build the profession by spreading the word about careers in Financial Planning and Paraplanning.
Read more ...Nearly 2,400 attend PFS Festival of Financial Planning
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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Nearly 2,400 financial professionals attended this week's Personal Finance Society's two-day Festival of Financial Planning - the biggest event of its kind this year.
Read more ...New Gen Z adviser SpringGen hits £1m milestone
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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SpringGen, the financial advice platform for Millennials and Gen-Zers which is part of Acumen Financial Planning, has celebrated its first year in business.
Read more ...Divorce rise increasing financial vulnerability risk - warning
- Monday, 31 October 2022
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A spike in the divorce rate has increased the risk of financial vulnerability, the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) has warned.
Read more ...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.
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