More than nine in 10 UK adults over 66 view the State Pension as an entitlement, despite only half (58%) believing it is affordable for the country, according to a new report.
Read more ...Advice guidance boundary review cost set to top £5.6m
- Thursday, 03 July 2025
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The Financial Conduct Authority is expecting to have spent over £5.5m on its advice guidance boundary review by April 2026.
Read more ...Northumberland accountancy firm adds adviser trio
- Thursday, 03 July 2025
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Northumberland accountancy firm Greaves West & Ayre (GWA) has added three IFAs to its wealth management team.
Read more ...Canada Life looks to Scottish Widows for new UK CEO
- Thursday, 03 July 2025
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Former Scottish Widows senior executive Emma Watkins will become UK CEO at Canada Life from 1 September.
Read more ...Consolidator snaps up HSBC UK life and bond arm
- Thursday, 03 July 2025
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European life and pensions consolidator Chesnara has acquired HSBC Life (UK) in a deal worth £260m.
Read more ...Shackleton buys £900m AUM South West Planner Chetwood
- Thursday, 03 July 2025
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Expanding Financial Planner Shackleton has acquired South West-based Financial Planning and wealth management group Chetwood, adding £900m in AUM to its assets.
Read more ...Flood of professional claims fuels 50% jump in FOS complaints
- Wednesday, 02 July 2025
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Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman soared by over 50% during the past year to top 305,000 - driven in large part by claims from professional representatives, including claims management companies.
Read more ...PLSA relaunches as Pensions UK to be 'voice of pensions'
- Wednesday, 02 July 2025
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The influential Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has been relaunched as Pensions UK and is planning what it calls, “an ambitious new strategy for the next decade and beyond.”
Read more ...FCA set to extend bullying rules to 37,000 firms
- Wednesday, 02 July 2025
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The FCA has launched a consultation on plans to make serious bullying and harassment in financial firms a misconduct offence.
Read more ...ValidPath launches 'match-making' for IFA buyers and sellers
- Wednesday, 02 July 2025
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Adviser network ValidPath has today launched what's been called an 'e-Harmony-style' match-making Client Buyout Programme (CBO) to connect buyers of IFA firms in its network with advisers nationally looking to exit the profession and retire.
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