The FSCS is investigating the impact for clients of Beaufort Securities Limited (BSL) and Beaufort Asset Clearing Services Limited (BACSL) after the FCA imposed sweeping restrictions on Friday.
Read more ...DB transfer changed my client's life for the best, Chartered Financial Planner reveals
- Friday, 02 March 2018
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A client who suffered a devastating car accident shows how DB transfers can change lives for the better, a Chartered Financial Planner says.
Read more ...‘Cashflow model only way to assess client’s risk’
- Friday, 02 March 2018
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Cashflow modelling is the “only authentic way” to assess a client’s risk.
Read more ...New rules on switching annuity provider kick in
- Thursday, 01 March 2018
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Firms must inform consumers how much they could gain from shopping around and switching provider before they buy an annuity, under new rules which take effect today.
Read more ...FCA orders firm to pay £170m in compensation and fines
- Tuesday, 27 February 2018
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A finance firm must pay £169m in compensation and a £2m fine for failing to tell customers the full cost of a product.
Read more ...FCA reveals plans for ‘wider’ public register
- Monday, 26 February 2018
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The FCA is proposing to retain a wider-scale public register of advisers and others working at financial services firms, it announced this morning.
Read more ...FCA: 'Machines' can execute our rules
- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Tests conducted by the FCA have proved that 'machines' can execute its rules.
Read more ...FCA unveils industry veteran Bailey as new FSCS chairman
- Tuesday, 13 February 2018
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s new chairman has been named.
Read more ...Planners: Our ‘greatest challenge’ is data law change
- Thursday, 08 February 2018
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Major changes to data protection rules will be Financial Planners’ ‘greatest challenge’ this year and is bigger than many have anticipated, planners have said.
Read more ...BSPS Report: regulator stressed value of financial advice
- Tuesday, 06 February 2018
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British Steel Pension Scheme trustees were urged to discuss “the importance of obtaining independent financial advice” with members, amid a major restructuring of the scheme, a report has revealed.
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