The FCA has published new rules and guidance aimed at improving the quality of the information available to consumers about the funds they invest in.
Read more ...Quilter re-platforming hits ‘important milestone’
- Monday, 04 February 2019
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Quilter has revealed it has soft-launched its UK Platform Transformation Programme.
Read more ...Financial Planning firm slips into liquidation
- Monday, 04 February 2019
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Xafinity reports SIPP/SSAS property transactions soar to £86m
- Monday, 04 February 2019
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Xafinity SIPP and SSAS Services, part of the XPS Pensions Group, has reported an increased level of activity in commercial property transactions in 2018.
Read more ...Mattioli Woods cuts 18 jobs in ‘efficiency’ drive
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
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Wealth manager and SIPP firm Mattioli Woods has made 18 staff redundant from a workforce of 622 as it pushes through “operational efficiencies” following a period of rapid expansion and acquisition.
Read more ...FCA fines ex-Newton fund manager £32,000
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
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The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Paul Stephany, a former fund manager at Newton Investment Management, £32,200 for his conduct in relation to an Initial Public Offering.
Read more ...18 DFMs sign up to use new due diligence hub
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
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DD|hub, a new free-to-use service to help financial advisers with DFM due diligence, has launched today.
Read more ...Director gets 2 year sentence for running illegal £600,000 UCIS
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
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Manraj Virdee, the director of a firm running an illegal unauthorised investment scheme (UCIS), has been given a two year suspended prison sentence following a case brought by the FCA.
Read more ...Profession's confidence slumps to lowest level for six years
- Wednesday, 06 February 2019
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The financial services profession’s confidence in the UK’s economic prospects has fallen to its lowest level since 2012, according to the latest survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
Read more ...£197m: the ‘shocking’ scale of investment scams revealed
- Wednesday, 06 February 2019
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The FCA has warned about the growing threat of investment scams as it revealed £197m of fraudulent losses were reported last year.
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