Chancellor Sajid Javid has quit just four weeks before he was due to deliver the first post-Election Budget on 11 March.
Read more ...Bristol insurance broker launches Financial Planning arm
- Friday, 14 February 2020
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Chartered Insurance Broker Brunel Group has entered the Financial Planning sector with the launch of an independent business called Brunel Wealth.
Read more ...Industry hit with £540m in FCA penalties in 2019
- Friday, 14 February 2020
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The FCA levied fines and financial penalties amounting to over £540m in 2019, the regulator has revealed.
Read more ...3,000 download PFS template after call to action
- Friday, 14 February 2020
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The Personal Finance Society has reported that 3,000 members have downloaded a template to be used to write to MPs to urge government intervention over rising Professional Indemnity and FSCS costs.
Read more ...RBS set to rebrand under NatWest name
- Friday, 14 February 2020
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Royal Bank of Scotland, the part nationalised bank baled out by the government, plans to rebrand under the NatWest name later this year.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Goodbye to a Chancellor…and autonomy?
- Friday, 01 November 2019
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Well, that was a bit of a week, wasn’t it? Few could have guessed on Monday we would have started the week with one Chancellor and ended with another.
Read more ...Investment Association appoints Skeoch as new chair
- Friday, 14 February 2020
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Standard Life Aberdeen chief executive Keith Skeoch has been appointed chair of the Investment Association’s board.
Read more ...Jupiter set to swallow Merian in £370m deal
- Monday, 17 February 2020
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Jupiter Fund Management has revealed plans to takeover rival Merian Global Investors in a move aimed at creating a more diversified asset manager and cutting costs.
Read more ...FSCS makes first payouts of £2.7m to LCF victims
- Monday, 17 February 2020
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme said today it has made the first pay-outs - totalling just under £2.7m - to 135 victims of the LCF mini-bond firm collapse.
Read more ...Investors suffer £43.9bn wasted in ‘dog’ funds
- Monday, 17 February 2020
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Bestinvest’s latest ‘Spot the Dog’ report on the worst performing funds reveals that investors have nearly £44bn tied up in underperforming investments.
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