Dame Colette Bowe, a former chief executive of the UK’s top financial regulator, and Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, former chief executive of Virgin Money, have been appointed to the powerful Financial Policy Committee.
Read more ...New survey lays bare investment and tax worries
- Thursday, 03 January 2019
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A survey of 700 DIY investors has revealed a raft of concerns from pension tax relief to ISAs.
Read more ...Warning as State Pension celebrates its 110th birthday
- Thursday, 03 January 2019
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The State Pension is 110 years’ old this week but an increasingly ageing population could spell future uncertainty according to experts.
Read more ...Tributes paid as Chartered Financial Planner dies aged 45
- Thursday, 03 January 2019
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Tributes have been paid after Chartered Financial Planner Tim Ames died on Christmas Eve aged 45 after a short illness.
Read more ...Thousands paying tax needlessly on inherited ISA cash
- Thursday, 03 January 2019
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Thousands of bereaved partners could be paying tax unnecessarily on ISA savings they inherit from loved ones, platform provider Zurich has warned.
Read more ...Square Mile hires PFS member as business development director
- Thursday, 03 January 2019
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Seasoned industry professional and PFS member John Lester has been hired by City-based investment consulting firm Square Mile as its new business development director.
Read more ...4 in 10 pensioners ‘having the best time of their life’
- Wednesday, 02 January 2019
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New research from The Nottingham Building Society has revealed that 39% of retired people in the UK claim that they are having the best time of their lives since they stopped working.
Read more ...‘Ambulance chasers’ must register to continue operating
- Wednesday, 02 January 2019
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Claims management companies (CMCs) - so-called ‘ambulance chasers’ - can now register for the temporary permission they need to operate when the FCA takes over regulation.
Read more ...Single Financial Guidance Body gets to work
- Wednesday, 02 January 2019
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The Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB) began its work this week as it starts to take over from previous bodies.
Read more ...Advisers optimistic for 2019, Intelliflo survey reveals
- Wednesday, 02 January 2019
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A survey of 200 users of Intelliflo’s Intelligent Office during December revealed that advisers were optimistic that 2019 would see them increase business and recruit more staff.
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