FCA staff will receive a pay rise averaging 3.6% from April.
Read more ...FCA staff to get inflation-busting 3.6% pay rise
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Evelyn Partners teams up with modern art museum
- Friday, 14 March 2025
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Pallant House Gallery
Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has signed a three-year partnership to support Chichester-based modern art museum the Pallant House Gallery.
Read more ...1 in 4 Gen Z adults turning to advice
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Gen Z adults are more likely to turn to professional financial advice than older generations, according to a new report.
Over a quarter (23%) of Generation Z adults would turn to a financial adviser in comparison with just 6% of Millennials, according to a new survey.
Read more ...£1.3trn in savings earning less than half base rate
- Friday, 14 March 2025
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Flagstone designed a sleeping giant statue made of 2,000 fake bank notes and placed it in the centre of Canary Wharf to warn about the danger of “sleeping savings”.
Over £1.3 trillion is languishing in savings accounts paying less than 50% of the Bank of England's base rate of 4.5%, according to a new report.
Read more ...Vowels officially return to aberdeen
- Thursday, 13 March 2025
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Abrdn has rebranded to aberdeen group plc
Investment manager Abrdn has officially rebranded to aberdeen group plc, formally changing its name yesterday (Wednesday) and moving to an all lower case name including vowels.
Read more ...Annuity rates rise 8% in 12 months
- Thursday, 13 March 2025
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A healthy 65-year-old considering taking out an annuity now could expect to receive an annual income of £7,360, based on a £100,000 pension pot
Annuity rates have increased by 8% for a healthy 65-year old over the last 12 months, according to new data.
Read more ...Brooks Macdonald begins share listing move
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Brooks Macdonald CEO Andrea Montague
Wealth Manager and Financial Planner Brooks Macdonald has begun the process of moving its share listing from AIM to the London Stock Exchange main market.
Read more ...Industry group urges more vulnerability guidance from FCA
- Thursday, 13 March 2025
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Keith Richards, CEO of the Consumer Duty Alliance
The Consumer Duty Alliance, the not-for-profit industry group supporting advisers with their Duty commitments, has called for the FCA to issue more sector-specific guidance on vulnerability.
Read more ...Fifth person charged over £3.9m investment scam
- Thursday, 13 March 2025
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John Dobbs will appear before Southwark Crown Court on 25 March.
John Dobbs has been charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation over an unauthorised investment scheme which defrauded investors out of £3.9m.
Read more ...More pensioners dragged into income tax - HMRC stats
- Wednesday, 12 March 2025
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HMRC released its latest income tax data this morning
There were 7.13m pensioners paying tax in the 2022/23 tax year, a 6% increase year on year, according to the latest data from HMRC.
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