The FCA, along with its Practitioner Panel, will soon conduct their annual survey that offers financial firms the opportunity to provide their feedback on how the watchdog can better regulate the sector.
Read more ...Practitioner survey will help improve FCA effectiveness
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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Two jailed for life for murder of LV= director
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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Two men have been jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years each for the murder of 61-year-old Guy Hedger, a director of pension and investment firm LV= who was shot dead by intruders in a bungled burglary.
Read more ...Punter Southall Aspire acquires IFA business
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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Workplace pensions and savings provider Punter Southall Aspire has acquired Oxford- based IFA firm Focus Oxford LLP.
Read more ...160,000 more small businesses may get FOS access
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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About 160,000 more small businesses may be given access to the Financial Ombudsman Service, the watchdog announced today.
Read more ...Millennials failing to save for retirement
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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Millennials are failing to make saving for retirement a priority, the latest industry research has found.
Read more ...Transact parent confirms LSE float plans
- Monday, 22 January 2018
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IntegraFin, parent company of the Transact platform, has confirmed long-planned proposals to float on the stock market this year.
Read more ...Mattioli Woods welcomes compensation for failed SIPP firms
- Friday, 19 January 2018
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SIPP provider and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has welcomed a decision which could pave the way for compensation pay-outs to investors in a company’s failed Self-Invested Personal Pensions.
Read more ...MPs question TPR and Carillion trustees on “giant” deficit
- Friday, 19 January 2018
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The Work and Pensions Committee has sent questions to The Pensions Regulator and Carillion pension trustees on why Carillion collapsed with a “giant pension deficit and a mountain of debt.”
Read more ...Pension saving falls despite household spending rising
- Friday, 19 January 2018
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AJ Bell says its review of the latest government statistics suggests member contributions to defined contribution schemes have fallen although the decline in pension saving could reverse soon.
Read more ...3 SIPP firms declared in default by FSCS
- Friday, 19 January 2018
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Three SIPP operators have been declared in default by the FSCS after 150 claims were received, the body announced today.
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