Retirees who take financial advice are £47,000 better off in retirement - on average - than people who take no advice, according to a think tank which wants government to do more to encourage take up of financial advice.
Read more ...FCA drops move to ban platform exit fees
- Friday, 13 November 2020
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New PFS videos to boost finance skills for pupils
- Friday, 13 November 2020
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The Personal Finance Society has launched a new library of virtual video courses for its ‘My Personal Finance Skills’ curriculum to boost financial education in schools.
Read more ...Exclusive: FSCS clients being ripped off twice over
- Friday, 13 November 2020
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The FSCS has revealed that some compensated clients are losing their money a second time when they invest with another firm which also goes on to fail.
Read more ...Brown Shipley hires Julius Baer exec for Manchester role
- Friday, 13 November 2020
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Wealth manager Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank, has appointed former Julius Baer head of relationship management Martin Cuthbert as the new head of its Manchester office.
Read more ...FCA expects significant small firm failures
- Friday, 13 November 2020
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The Financial Conduct Authority expects a significant number of smaller regulated firms to fail over the next few months.
Read more ...Quilter appoints distribution director for platform business
- Thursday, 12 November 2020
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Quilter has appointed Karen Blatchford as distribution director of its UK platform business Old Mutual Wealth.
Read more ...Wealth manager dampens excitement on GDP figures
- Thursday, 12 November 2020
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Wealth management and Financial Planning group Quilter said that while the UK economy expanded the most on record in the third quarter this is a catch-up and the bounce back has already begun to end.
Read more ...Investors lose £657.4m as investment fraud rises 28%
- Thursday, 12 November 2020
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Between September 2019 and September 2020, Action Fraud received over 17,000 reports of investment fraud amounting to £657.4m in reported losses.
Read more ...Chancellor-commissioned report recommends CGT reform
- Thursday, 12 November 2020
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A report from The Office for Tax Simplification, commissioned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, has recommended a major overhaul of capital gains tax.
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