The Financial Services Compensation Scheme declared 14 firms, including six financial advisory firms, in default in January and February.
Read more ...Schroders Planning arm blames pandemic for £200m outflows
- Thursday, 04 March 2021
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Schroders Personal Wealth, the Financial Planning business launched by Schroders and Lloyds Bank, has reported £200m in net outflows for 2020.
Read more ...National Financial Planner sponsors top para-rower
- Thursday, 04 March 2021
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Schroders Personal Wealth, the Financial Planning business launched by Schroders and Lloyds Bank, is to sponsor up-and-coming international para-rower Ben Pritchard.
Read more ...Pandemic hits Generation X retirement plans
- Thursday, 04 March 2021
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One in five of Generation X are now saving less or spending down their retirement savings as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
Read more ...Aviva adviser platform hits £32bn AUM
- Thursday, 04 March 2021
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Aviva’s adviser platform has built up assets under management to £32bn, according to the insurance and investment provider’s annual results.
Read more ...Budget 2021: Planners positive on mostly benign Budget
- Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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Leading Financial Planners and wealth managers expect only modest changes from the Budget which most see as neutral or mildly positive.
Read more ...Budget 2021: Women underpaid £3bn on state pensions
- Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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Former Pensions Minister Sir Steve Webb, now a consultant at pensions firm LCP, says that papers published alongside today’s Budget reveal a “mind numbing” £3bn repayment to underpaid women on state pensions.
Read more ...Budget 2021: Full text of Chancellor's Speech
- Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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The Budget 2021 speech as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the House of Commons today:
Read more ...Budget 2021: PFS urges more help for savers
- Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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The Personal Finance Society has welcomed the extension of business support measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget today but says more needs to be done to rebuild the resilience of individual savers who have been hammered by the pandemic.
Read more ...Budget 2021: LTA freeze will ‘punish’ pension savers
- Wednesday, 03 March 2021
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Leading pensions experts have criticised the Chancellor’s move to freeze the pensions Lifetime Allowance (LTA) at £1,073,100 until April 2026.
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