There were no doubt a few rolled eyes recently at our story reporting that over half of adults do not trust financial advisers.
Read more ...Editor’s Column: Where were the LCF whistleblowers?
- Monday, 22 March 2021
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One of the things that has always puzzled and dismayed me about the miserable London Capital & Financial (LCF) debacle is: where were the whistleblowers?
Read more ...Schroders Financial Planning arm launches 3 new funds
- Monday, 22 March 2021
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Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW), the Financial Planning joint venture by Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group, has launched three new Multi-Manager fixed income funds.
Read more ...DWP to launch mid-life pension ‘MOT’ trials
- Monday, 22 March 2021
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The DWP is to spend £400,000 funding a trial of mid-life ‘MOTs’ - schemes to help people “take stock” of their health, skills and wealth as part of a later life planning initiative.
Read more ...£13.7m pension fraud suspect extradited from Spain
- Monday, 22 March 2021
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A 61-year-old man has been extradited from Spain in connection with a £13.7m pension fraud prosecution being brought by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
Read more ...FCA to review future of 10% drop notices
- Friday, 19 March 2021
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The FCA is to extend the Coronavirus freeze on 10% drop notices until the end of the year and will consult on their future in the spring.
Read more ...Paraplanner pens a poem for Paraplanning
- Friday, 19 March 2021
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To mark World Poetry Day on Sunday leading Paraplanner Caroline Stuart FPFS has penned an ‘Ode to Paraplanning.’
Read more ...MAPs to launch combined ‘MoneyHelper’ brand
- Friday, 19 March 2021
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MAPS, the government-backed consumer personal finance guidance service, is to launch a single unified brand for consumers this summer called MoneyHelper.
Read more ...Scottish Mortgage veteran Anderson to step down
- Friday, 19 March 2021
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Fund manager James Anderson, joint manager of Baillie Gifford’s popular Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, is to retire from Baillie Gifford after 40 years with the firm.
Read more ...Investment fraud victims hit up to 4 times
- Friday, 19 March 2021
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Investment fraud victims are suffering £373m of repeat fraud a year and can lose even more than they lost the first time they were conned, according to police data.
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