Financial Planning firms should consider employee ownership as a possible succession or growth/values opportunity, according to law firm Stephens Scown.
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- Thursday, 20 August 2020
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Investment scams rise 49% in July
- Thursday, 20 August 2020
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Reports of investment scams rose 49% to a record high in July at banking giant Barclays, the highest ever number recorded.
Read more ...55,000 CTF accounts set to mature each month
- Thursday, 20 August 2020
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HMRC says that 55,000 Child Trust Fund accounts are set to mature each month from September.
Read more ...Experts welcome Supreme Court pensions IHT judgment
- Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Industry experts have welcomed a Supreme Court judgment today on the long-running Stavely case which found that there was no IHT liability when a pension transfer was made for reasons of ill health.
Read more ...Transact tightens rules on £30k+ pension transfers
- Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Investment platform Transact has tightened up its rules on pension transfers following the FCA’s campaign to tackle problems with poor transfer decisions.
Read more ...CPI inflation rises sharply to 1% defying predictions
- Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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CPI inflation rose sharply in July from 0.6% to 1%, data from ONS published today shows.
Read more ...Former Chancellor returns to JP Morgan
- Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Former UK Chancellor Sajid Javid has accepted a job with US banking giant JP Morgan, re-joining the financial services sector.
Read more ...60% of advisers turning away new clients
- Tuesday, 18 August 2020
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Six in ten financial advisers had to turn away prospective clients in the last year, according to a new report.
Read more ...Retired 7IM founder sets up SME investment business
- Tuesday, 18 August 2020
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Justin Urquart Stewart, co-founder of Seven Investment Management, has set up SME investment business Regionally with TATA VP and Accenture Partner Jim Odell.
Read more ...Third of wealthy to buy small firms to kickstart economy
- Tuesday, 18 August 2020
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Just under a third (31%) of wealthy individuals with more than £250,000 in assets plan to buy a small business to help kickstart the UK economy after the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
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