Nicky Morgan MP, the chair of the Treasury Committee, is urging the government to act soon to clarify the postion on cross-border pensions and insurance contracts post-Brexit amid fears of chaos.
The automated investment platform Fundment - promoted as a potential ‘robo-killer’ - has added a low cost SIPP option.
NS&I’s latest Financial Advice Barometer shows that a growing number of advisers are ranking security more important than risk in terms of savings and investment options.
The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global standards-setting body for the Certified Financial Planner designation, is to hold its first World Financial Planning Day on Wednesday 4 October.
The Financial Conduct Authority is to go ahead with a referral of investment consultancy and fiduciary management services to the Competition and Markets Authority following “serious concerns” about competition in the sector.
Most financial advisers expect client numbers to grow over the next year, as optimism pervades the sector following the pension freedoms.
Aviva has launched the 2017 Aviva Community Fund which offers financial advisers a chance to win up to £25,000 for ‘inspiration’ local causes in their community.
CISI head of Financial Planning Campbell Edgar CFPTM Chartered FCSI is to become an industry training consultant after stepping shortly from the CISI.
The Government will publish its Autumn Budget on Wednesday 22 November, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced this week.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI), one of the main measures of UK inflation, rose from 2.6% in July to 2.9% in August, mainly due to rises in clothing and motor fuel costs. The CPI rate was 0.6% in August 2016.