Ex-Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has warned the government against abandoning the State Pension Triple Lock despite a potential 8% rise on the way.
Read more ...Ex-Pensions Minister warns against quick axe for Triple Lock
- Friday, 09 July 2021
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Calls for triple lock reform build as Sunak changes tack
- Friday, 09 July 2021
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Calls for reform of the pensions Triple Lock from the pensions community are building as Chancellor Rishi Sunak departed from his usual approach of defending the lock on BBC Radio 4 this week.
Read more ...MPs launch consultation over FCA
- Friday, 09 July 2021
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services has launched a consultation into the performance record of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Read more ...FCA fines Lloyds Bank insurance arm nearly £91m
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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The Financial Conduct Authority has today fined Lloyds Banking Group’s general insurance arm nearly £91m for false promises on renewal premiums over an eight year period.
Read more ...FSCS accepts claim against former Succession firm
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has opened the doors to compensation claims against a closed firm which was owned by wealth manager and Financial Planner Succession Wealth.
Read more ...CII launches consultation following PFS 'mini-revolt'
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has released details of a widespread membership consultation and engagement initiative on its membership offering, including consulting on the relationship the body has with its Personal Finance Society (PFS) arm.
Read more ...Pension fraud 9 times more likely online – FCA
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Pension savers are nine times more likely to accept advice from a pension scammer online than they would in person, according to new research from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Read more ...Tilney joins Spinal Injuries Association network
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Wealth manager and Financial Planner Tilney Smith & Williamson has joined the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA)’s network of partners to help support spinal chord injured people’s financial wealth.
Read more ...Pension freedoms cost savers £2bn in lost returns
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Savers cashing out their pension pots to take advantage of pension freedoms since 2015 are set to lose £2bn as a result, according to new research.
Read more ...PFS campaigners push for voting data
- Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Campaigners opposing the deregistration of the 40,000 member Personal Finance Society (PFS) have sent a letter to Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) CEO Sian Fisher pushing for AGM voting numbers to be published on the CII website this week.
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