Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Articles
ONS graph showing CPI 12-month inflation rate for the last 10 years: November 2003 to November 2013
The consumer price index rose in the year to November by 2.1%, slightly down from 2.2% in the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics. Read more ...
Tagged under #inflation #CPI #Office for National Statistics #RPIJ #CPIH #Petrol prices

Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Articles
MAS website
THE under fire Money Advice Service has announced it is cutting its budget by 1 per cent to £77.5m. Read more ...
Tagged under #Money Advice Service #Caroline Rookes #financial services industry #National Audit Office #Treasury select subcommittee

Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Articles
FCA headquarters
Three men have been banned from working in the financial services industry for "disgraceful failings" after £4m in commission was generated from moving investments unnecessarily. Read more ...
Tagged under #Pension Regulator #Financial Conduct Authority #Tracey McDermott #CBW Trustees Limited #CBW Pensions Forensics Limited

Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Articles
IFS website
Those born in the 60s and 70s are likely to be no better off in retirement than their parents' generation – unless they inherit, according to a new study. Read more ...

Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Articles
Threesixty managing director Phil Young
A firm which works with Financial Planners has announced its 18 strong audit team will take the Certified Financial PlannerCM qualification. Read more ...
Tagged under #Threesixty #Phil Young #The Institute of Financial Planning #Integrated Financial Planning

Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Articles
Annabel Brodie-Smith, communications director at AIC
Scrapping performance fees has become a rising trend among investment companies this year, it has been revealed.
Read more ...
Tagged under #The Association of Investment Companies #Riverstone Energy #performance fees #JPMorgan Cazenove

Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Articles
graph showing number of people with multiple pension pots
Fewer than four in ten pensionholders know the total value of their combined pension savings, research suggests. Read more ...
Tagged under #Standard Life #The Department for Work and Pensions #pensionholders

Thursday, 19 December 2013
Articles
HM Treasury
HM Treasury has today revealed the first four consumer and small business bodies to be given 'super-complainant' status for the financial services sector. Read more ...
Tagged under #Treasury #HM Treasury #supercomplaints #supercomplainants #Which? Citizens Advice Bureau #Consumer Council Northern Ireland #Federation of Small Business

Thursday, 19 December 2013
Articles
Simon Chamberlain, chief executive at Succession
Birmingham-based Financial Planning firm Clay Rogers and Partners has joined Succession Advisory Services. Read more ...
Tagged under #Simon Chamberlain #Clay Rogers and Partners #Succession Advisory Services

Thursday, 19 December 2013
Articles
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown
A study by the government on auto enrolment and the impact of a charge cap on the pensions industry has been branded inadequate and unfit for purpose. Read more ...
Tagged under #Hargreaves Lansdown #Government #Tom McPhail #auto enrolment #Regulatory Policy Committee #Pensions Minister Steve Webb #Department for Work and Pensions
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