The increased FSCS levy could mean total regulatory costs for Sipp operators in the sector could rise by an additional 75% this year when compared with 2014.
The advent of robo-adviser style services can help draw a clearer distinction between regulated advice and Financial Planning, IFP chief executive Steve Gazzard says.
Losses due to pension scams more than tripled to nearly £5m in the month after the pension reforms took effect as liberation scams tripled, new figures suggest.
Advice firms in Derby and Blackburn have been bought out by AFH Financial for over £1m in total.
Bosses struggling to find Paraplanners for their firms should stop seeking an “all singing, all dancing” answer to their problem and look at appointing an apprentice, a leading Paraplanner says.
The reasons for consumers failing to seek out a Financial Planner are to be investigated in a major global project involving the IFP.
A financial adviser was among six people arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £4 million Pay As You Earn tax evasion and money laundering fraud.
Fines worth just under £170,000 were handed out to firms for auto-enrolment failings in the 12 months from April 2014.
A pension advisory business has reported 11 possible pension scam companies that are appearing in Google ads or search results.
A leading Paraplanner has called for his profession to “start shouting more widely about what we do”.
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