Tagged under
Sipp compensation claims expected to rise even more
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- Articles
Complaints and compensation claims about advice relating to Sipps will continue to rise, with an extra 500 cases predicted for the next financial year, the FSCS warned today.
Read more ...
Advisers to pay more due to FSCS levy increase
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- Articles
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has announced a major hike in the levy advisers will have to pay for 2015/16.
Read more ...
Tagged under
Financial Planning for footballers as firm signs deal with ex-player
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- Articles
With the January transfer window open for football clubs across England, a Financial Planning firm has tied up its own deal with an ex-Premier League player.
Read more ...
Tagged under
Heavily fined adviser network can't survive without support
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- Articles
A network of financial advisers, which has been fined millions of pounds by the FCA since 2013, would go under without support of its parent firm, documents suggest.
Read more ...
Tagged under
FCA says cash savers deserve better deal but no ban on 'teaser' rates
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- Articles
The FCA has criticised providers of savings accounts, saying that competition in the cash savings market is "not working well" for consumers and it should be easier for them to shop around for a better deal.
Read more ...
Tagged under
More firms shed jobs than hire but business volumes rise
- Monday, 19 January 2015
- Articles
More financial services firms shed staff than hired them during the last quarter of 2014 – despite the majority of the sector reporting rising business volumes.
Read more ...
Tagged under
Takeover close for adviser network fined £12m and banned from hiring
- Monday, 19 January 2015
- Articles
The parent company of an advisory firm, which was fined £12m by the FCA and banned from hiring advisers last summer, is on the verge of being acquired in a £2.7m deal.
Read more ...
Tagged under
Transact announces annual charging structure changes
- Monday, 19 January 2015
- Articles
More of Transact's clients look set to be charged less after the platform announced changes to its fee structure.
Read more ...
Tagged under
George Kinder: FCA wrong if advice gap answer is automated
- Friday, 16 January 2015
- Articles
By James Nadal
The FCA should be "extremely concerned" if its solution to solving the advice gap is through automated tools rather than human Financial Planners, George Kinder says.
Read more ...
Tagged under
George Kinder expands focus to target consumers
- Friday, 16 January 2015
- Articles
George Kinder is taking a new approach to spreading the word about Life Planning by targeting the consumer mass market in addition to advisers.
Read more ...
Tagged under