Savers could be short-changed by as much as £40,000 unless changes are made to the way auto-enrolment minimum contributions are calculated.
Read more ...CII appoints 3 new members to standards committee
- Monday, 01 April 2019
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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has made three new appointments to the Professional Standards Committee.
Read more ...Financial Planner Quilter sees 200th advice school qualifier
- Monday, 01 April 2019
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The Quilter Financial Adviser School (FAS) has now seen its 200 students achieve either a Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMap) or a Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA).
Read more ...XPS Pensions Group makes new senior hire
- Monday, 01 April 2019
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XPS Pensions Group (XPS) has appointed a new head of pensions and office chair in Leeds.
Read more ...Scammers target 1 in 10 pension savers aged 50 and over
- Monday, 01 April 2019
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New research from Succession Wealth, the wealth manager and Financial Planner, has uncovered that 1 in 10 pension savers aged 50 and over has been targeted by pension fraudsters.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Younger generation will reshape profession
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The news this week that 21-year-old Declan Healy has graduated from the PFS apprenticeship scheme with a distinction - the first time the highest honour has been achieved - is immensely encouraging for two reasons.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: LC&F scandal creates headache for FCA
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The news this week that the FCA will commission an independent report into its handling of the LC&F mini-bond scandal is not an admission of guilt but it is perhaps the first sign that regulation failed investors who had the misfortune to use this company.
Read more ...Editor’s Comment: Taxman’s IHT greed needs curbing
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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Our story this week about the Treasury’s record IHT tax grab in the past year is a worrying portent of things to come, I fear.
Read more ...Trustee jailed for plundering company pension scheme
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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An accountant has been jailed for more than three years after he fraudulently took more than £290,000 from a pension scheme.
Read more ...Brexit: FCA confirms final rules for firms
- Friday, 29 March 2019
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The FCA has today published its final instruments and guidance that will apply in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal or an implementation period.
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