Major workplace pensions provider NOW: Pensions is to commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and an expanded sustainable investment strategy in a major shift towards ESG investments.
Read more ...Chartered Planner banned for £24m transfer failings
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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Chartered Financial Planner Darren Antony Reynolds has been banned from being a director for 13 years for pension transfer failings which resulted in clients losing £24m from their pensions.
Read more ...Global wealth hits record in 2020 despite pandemic
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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Total global financial wealth soared by 8.3% in 2020 to a record £178 trillion despite predictions of a decline due to Covid-19, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group.
Read more ...LIBF launches new designation for mortgage advisers
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) has launched a new professional recognition designation for mortgage advisers.
Read more ...Quilter hires new head of inclusion and wellbeing
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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Wealth manager Quilter has appointed Tosin James-Odukoya as its new head of inclusion and wellbeing.
Read more ...3 AFH directors exit as £232m sale completed
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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Three directors of Financial Planning and wealth management group AFH have resigned today as the £232m sale of the business went through.
Read more ...Digital IFA disruptor raises £2m+ to close UK advice gap
- Friday, 18 June 2021
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Digital IFA disruptor Fintuity has raised £2.15m of private and institutional investment to develop solutions to extend financial advice and attempt to close the UK’s growing financial advice gap.
Read more ...JP Morgan buys Nutmeg
- Thursday, 17 June 2021
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JP Morgan Chase has acquired loss-making digital wealth manager Nutmeg as it looks to expand its retail digital wealth management offering.
Read more ...IWP acquires Surrey-based Financial Planning firm
- Thursday, 17 June 2021
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Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has acquired Guildford-based Financial Planning firm Omnium Capital Limited.
Read more ...DB transfer scam warnings hit 5 month high
- Thursday, 17 June 2021
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The number of defined benefit pension transfers with at least one warning sign of a potential scam or poor member outcomes has hit its highest level in five months.
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