The chief executive of an advice firm has appealed against his FCA ban and £86,691 fine today.
Read more ...Starsuckers movie £2m tax fraud: Adviser convicted
- Friday, 11 December 2015
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An adviser who set up partnerships to produce films called 'Starsuckers' and 'Mercedes the Movie' has been convicted for attempting to steal £2.2 million in a tax fraud.
Read more ...BBC radio pension expert lands CISI presidential role
- Monday, 14 December 2015
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A senior specialist in trusts and pension funds who rose to a position of managing director aged just 29 has landed a prestigious role with the CISI.
Read more ...Fully digital tax service plans move further ahead
- Monday, 14 December 2015
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More details of plans to turn the tax service fully digital were revealed this morning.
Read more ...'Most Paraplanner candidates didn’t technically hit mark'
- Monday, 14 December 2015
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The director of a Financial Planning practice says most candidates she recently considered for a Paraplanning job failed to “hit the mark technically” and were unable to apply knowledge to a real life scenario.
Read more ...FCA wants advisers' help for social investment probe
- Monday, 14 December 2015
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The FCA has called for the help of advisers as it launched a probe today into specific rules and policies which could be hindering investment for social purposes.
Read more ...5m to be allowed to sell their annuities from April 2017
- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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Economic Secretary to the Treasury Harriett Baldwin announced today that more than five million people will be able to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017.
Read more ...Growth in female billionaires outpaces males
- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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A new report from UBS and PwC has revealed that growth in the number of female billionaires has outpaced males.
Read more ...Threadneedle fined £6m but escapes higher penalty from FCA
- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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Threadneedle Asset Management has escaped a fine of over £7.5m but must still cough up £6m for failings identified by the FCA.
Read more ...New qualifications loom for advisers over annuities reform
- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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A pensions firm director has questioned if advisers have the appetite to get involved in selling clients’ annuities – as new qualification requirements loom.
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