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RDR has improved advice quality, advisers tell survey
- Thursday, 12 December 2013
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More than four in 10 advisers believe the Retail Distribution Review has improved the quality of advice they give clients, new research shows.
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Axed armed servicemen should become financial advisers
- Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Soldiers facing redundancy could be a perfect fit to fill a void in the financial advice sector, a company boss believes.
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Cardy's IFA Centre to be reborn as affinity body
- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
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An association which represents independent financial advisers will close as a trade body due to a lack of members – but will continue to operate as an affinity group.
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AFH Financial acquires wealth manager
- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
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A deal worth £250,000 has been struck for AFH Financial Group to acquire Michael Mac Wealth Management.
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FCA hits Lloyds Bank with largest ever retail fine of £28m
- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
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The FCA has fined Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc, both part of Lloyds Banking Group, £28,038,844 for "serious failings" in their controls over sales incentive schemes.
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NIESR says 2015 before UK output fully recovers
- Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Independent economic think tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says it will take until 2015 before UK economic output recovers to the level it achieved in 2008.
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Clients double to 350 at Simply Biz's Compliance First
- Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Client numbers have doubled at Simply Biz-owned Compliance First to more than 350 since 2007, the company has announced.
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Nick Cann's wife Jo organises Paris cycle ride for stroke charity
- Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Jo Cann, wife of IFP chief executive Nick Cann who suffered a stroke earlier this year, is organising a 300-mile sponsored cycle ride to
Paris with former IFP President Julie Lord to raise thousands of pounds for the Stroke Association.
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Xafinity warns that more could follow Capita Sipp exit
- Monday, 09 December 2013
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Sipp and SSAS provider Xafinity is urging advisers to factor in the possibility of their provider exiting the Sipp market after Capita decided to quit Sipp administration.
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Aviva enhances life and critical illness cover
- Monday, 09 December 2013
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Aviva has revamped its life and critical illness cover in a move which it says will make it easier to make claims.
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