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Sanlam Private Wealth acquires London Asset Management
- Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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Sanlam Private Wealth (SPW), a Financial Planning firm, with offices in North Wales, Bristol, Wiltshire and London, has acquired the client bank of wealth manager, London Asset Management, for an undisclosed sum.
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Pensioners relying on savings income hit by high inflation
- Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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As the latest inflation figures show a small drop today, Defaqto says that pensions who rely in part of their savings have been hardest hit by the low base rate.
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UK philanthropists donate £1.3bn in £1m-plus gifts, says Coutts
- Monday, 12 December 2011
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Some £1.3bn was given away in 174 separate donations worth £1m+ during the 2009/10 financial year, according to the latest report from Coutts.
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FSA admits it failed in supervision of RBS
- Monday, 12 December 2011
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The Financial Services Authority has admitted ‘flaws’ in its own supervisory approach played a part in the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland and provided insufficient challenge to the firm.
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Poor management and a flawed FSA led to RBS failure
- Monday, 12 December 2011
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Poor management decisions by the Royal Bank of Scotland were cited as the reason for the bank’s collapse.
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SimplyBiz launches gap-filling sessions in 2012
- Monday, 12 December 2011
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Compliance and business support provider SimplyBiz will be holding a series of gap-filling seminars in 2012.
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@FPM_Online reaches 100 Twitter followers
- Friday, 09 December 2011
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The new Financial Planner Online Twitter feed @FPM_Online has reached triple figures and now has 100 followers.
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Tenet sees more advisers opting for appointed representative models
- Friday, 09 December 2011
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Tenet is seeing growth in the number of adviser firms opting for an appointed representative model instead of being directly authorised ahead of the RDR.
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Advisers unconvinced RDR will benefit consumers
- Friday, 09 December 2011
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Two thirds of advisers are unconvinced that customers will be better off as a result of the RDR, according to Zurich.
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Bank retains interest rates at 0.5 per cent
- Thursday, 08 December 2011
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The Bank of England held interest rates at 0.5 per cent today and kept the quantitative easing programme at £275bn.
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