The Financial Conduct Authority has today publicly censured Capita Financial Managers Limited (CFM) and ordered the firm to pay up to £66m to investors in one of its income funds.
Read more ...NS&I ups savings rates by 0.25% following base rate rise
- Thursday, 09 November 2017
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NS&I has today said it is increasing interest rates across its variable rate product range, including Premium Bonds, from 1 December.
Read more ...Nearly 3,300 attend first Festival of Financial Planning
- Thursday, 09 November 2017
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PFS chief executive Keith Richards has described the first ever PFS Festival of Financial Planning a "fantastic" success with news that total attendance for the two day event reached nearly 3,300.
Read more ...PFS signs post-Brexit Euro qualifications deal for members
- Wednesday, 08 November 2017
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The Personal Finance Society says it has secured a “vital” post-Brexit European foothold for UK financial advisers by officially aligning the qualifications framework of its 37,500 members with their counterparts across the rest of the continent.
Read more ...Pensions legend Mike Morrison dies at 55
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Pensions legend Mike Morrison, one of the best known commentators in the sector, has died at home at the age of 55. He died suddenly and was still working until just before he died.
Read more ...Delegates applaud life of pension legend Mike Morrison
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Delegates at a major Financial Planner investment conference - AJ Bell's Investival - have today applauded the life of leading pensions expert Mike Morrison who died suddenly aged 55 after suffering a brain hemorrhage at home earlier this week.
Read more ...Russell signs model portfolio deal with Parmenion
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Parmenion has partnered with Russell Investments to enable advisers to invest in a suite of 10 discretionary managed and risk-rated Russell Investments model portfolios through the Parmenion platform.
Read more ...Tech research firm launches pensions ‘robo-paraplanner’
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Financial research consultant F&TRC has launched what it believes is the first workplace pensions ‘robo-paraplanner’ to make it easier for advisers to help employers select the right scheme for staff.
Read more ...Prestwood urges mandatory cashflow modelling for pensions
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Prestwood has called for the introduction of “mandatory” cashflow modelling to be used in retirement planning to tackle mis-selling.
Read more ...Chartered Financial Planner parent launches platform ‘disruptor’
- Tuesday, 07 November 2017
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Embark Group, the diverse financial group with a Financial Planning arm and £11 billion in client assets, has launched its own platform with the aim of ‘disrupting’ the current platform sector.
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