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Retirees hosting festive gatherings to rack up £4bn bill
- Friday, 19 December 2014
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Pensioners plan to spend a total of £4.2 billion on gifts and entertaining this Christmas, a survey found.
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Wanted! 80 Financial Planners to feature in new book
- Friday, 19 December 2014
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The quest has begun to find 80 Financial Planners to feature in a new "ground breaking" book.
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Financial Planner pays tribute to surgeon after drowning tragedy
- Friday, 19 December 2014
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A Financial Planner has paid tribute to a leading surgeon who lost his life in a drowning tragedy.
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'Administrators may be failing to be ready for new FCA rules'
- Thursday, 18 December 2014
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Many third party administrators and distributors may not be adequately prepared for changes to the FCA rules on controlling clients assets, a firm has warned.
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Debt firm to pay £185,000 compensation in an FCA first
- Thursday, 18 December 2014
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The Financial Conduct Authority has announced that debt management firm Harrington Brooks will voluntarily pay over £185,000 in compensation to over 4,500 customers after communications from the firm to creditors on customers' behalf were delayed.
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Watchdog concerned about transparency on adviser costs
- Thursday, 18 December 2014
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A consumer watchdog has expressed serious concerns over the lack of transparency about advice and investment costs following an FCA report.
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Liverpool comes bottom in financial advice search
- Wednesday, 17 December 2014
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Truro has been named as the UK's number one area searching for financial advice for the second year in a row.
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Savings body calls for new third type of ISA
- Wednesday, 17 December 2014
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The Tax Incentivised Savings Association has called for the Treasury to press ahead with a proposal to create a new third kind of ISA.
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£26bn of pension savings exposed to charges over 1%
- Wednesday, 17 December 2014
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Nearly £26bn of pension savings are "potentially exposed" to annual management charges of above 1%, a report has found.
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Critical report a factor in FCA director's exit
- Tuesday, 16 December 2014
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One of the FCA's senior directors who is leaving as part of a shake up has said his exit is partly due to the criticism in a report about a bungled media briefing.
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