One thing that has always disappointed me about financial regulation is how many rotters are allowed to get involved in financial services in the first place.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: A duty to be profitable
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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The FCA will change the regulatory landscape on Monday (31 July) when the new Consumer Duty arrives.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Why independent is best
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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Editor’s Comment: Are platforms being derailed?
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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These are grim times for platforms, hit by runaway ’trains’ coming from all sides.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Time for a break, no seriously...
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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As the Bank Holiday nears (at least officially in England, Wales and Northern Ireland), I was intrigued by a story we ran this week revealing that financial services and insurance workers are taking 5% fewer days holiday than they are entitled to.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Rising tax bills could be gift for planners
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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Amid all the gloomy news this week there was a chink of light for Financial Planners, at least on the potential new business front.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: A dangerous crypto game for FCA
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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I’m not a fan of crypto investing. It’s possibly one of the nastiest and least useful new investment sectors of the last 10 years, if you can call it an investment sector.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Vulnerable clients need a hero
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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There is mounting evidence that vulnerable clients have been left even worse off by the Coronavirus pandemic and the soaring cost of living.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: The killer scams
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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[Content warning - this article contains references to suicide and self harm. Please see footnote]
Most weeks, to be fair nearly every week, we run stories on Financial Planning Today about scammers or financial crooks who have cheated clients out of all or part of their savings.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: The true cost of bad advice
- Friday, 24 June 2022
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The true cost of bad advice, and more importantly what it’s going to cost, moved into the spotlight this week with the FCA’s headline-making proposals to compel most financial advice firms, some 5,000, to set aside reserves for the cost of bad advice.
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