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IFP member sets up non-advised charitable investment service
- Thursday, 23 August 2012
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A new ‘non-advised’ charitable investment service about to be launched in the UK could help financial advisers as they prepare themselves for life after the Retail Distribution Review.
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SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils equity release proposition
- Thursday, 23 August 2012
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SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the launch of its equity release proposition.
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Tisa says Isas are maintaining popularity despite downturn
- Thursday, 23 August 2012
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Provisional statistics released by HMRC have revealed that £53,860m was subscribed to ISAs in the 2011/12 tax year – a slight increase on the previous year's total of £53,772m – and the highest annual total since the introduction of ISAs in 1999.
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Pension top-up could help higher taxpayers avoid child benefit cut
- Friday, 24 August 2012
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Prudential says that one in six high earners can expect to see their child benefit payments reduced under new rules and an estimated 36,000 taxpayers could increase their pension savings to avoid the new tax.
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ONS 2nd GDP estimate shows smaller decline
- Friday, 24 August 2012
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The Office for National Statistics says that UK gross domestic product in volume terms decreased by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2012, revised from the previously estimated 0.7 per cent decline.
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Vanguard passive funds now available through SLI bond
- Friday, 24 August 2012
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IFP sponsor Standard Life, the long-term savings and investment provider, has added eight Vanguard funds to its international Bond. Fund manager Vanguard is also an IFP sponsor.
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Couples resent spending money on each other says survey
- Friday, 24 August 2012
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Confused.com has revealed that love could be one of the biggest losers of the recession as bailing out one's partner or spouse is the most resented expenditure among the nation's adults.
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Standard Life poll reveals disclosure as top RDR concern for advisers
- Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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Financial advisers says that disclosure of charges and services is the area of the RDR that they are finding most challenging complying with, according to a poll of Standard Life's 80 adviser account managers.
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Standard Life announces new global business structures
- Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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Standard Life has announced further details of its global restructuring following its announcement in June this year on the appointments of Nathan Parnaby as CEO, Asia and Emerging Markets; Paul Matthews as CEO UK and Europe; and Sandy Begbie as Group Operations Officer.
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Advisers are showing an increased interest in passive investments
- Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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Research from Legal & General Investments, one of the UK's largest investment providers, has shown that advisers are viewing passive investments far more favourably compared to 2011.
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