New research from Succession Wealth, the wealth manager and Financial Planner, has uncovered that 1 in 10 pension savers aged 50 and over has been targeted by pension fraudsters.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Younger generation will reshape profession
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The news this week that 21-year-old Declan Healy has graduated from the PFS apprenticeship scheme with a distinction - the first time the highest honour has been achieved - is immensely encouraging for two reasons.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: LC&F scandal creates headache for FCA
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The news this week that the FCA will commission an independent report into its handling of the LC&F mini-bond scandal is not an admission of guilt but it is perhaps the first sign that regulation failed investors who had the misfortune to use this company.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Taxman’s IHT greed needs curbing
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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Our story this week about the Treasury’s record IHT tax grab in the past year is a worrying portent of things to come, I fear.
Read more ...Trustee jailed for plundering company pension scheme
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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An accountant has been jailed for more than three years after he fraudulently took more than £290,000 from a pension scheme.
Read more ...Brexit: FCA confirms final rules for firms
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The FCA has today published its final instruments and guidance that will apply in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal or an implementation period.
Read more ...FCA bans sale of binary options to consumers
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The FCA has permanently banned the sale of binary options to retail consumers.
Read more ...Financial Planning ‘must keep up’ with new marriage trends
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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Marriage rates were lower at all ages over a 10 year period new figures have shown and Financial Planners should take action to keep up with new trends an expert has said.
Read more ...Financial Planner boosts pre-tax profits by 33%
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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Financial Planning firm Arbuthnot Latham boosted pre-tax profits by a third new figures, released by parent company Arbuthnot Banking Group, have revealed.
Read more ...Investment experts reveal top tips at RSMR London event
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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More than 100 investment experts flocked to the RSMR In the City event at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall yesterday.
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