A new FOI reply to Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, suggests that far more low-paid and part-time workers are missing out on tax relief on their pension contributions than previously thought.
The newly launched Money and Pensions Service has called on organisations throughout the UK to get involved in the development of the organisation’s strategy to improve the nation’s financial wellbeing.
An investment management firm has appointed a new managing partner and hired a new chairman.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Kenny Siu as its new regional director for the Asia Pacific region based in Hong Kong.
Following its £460m HL Select fund range, Hargreaves Lansdown is launching a global equity fund, to sit alongside our existing UK Growth and UK Income funds.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has expanded its remit to include more small business and claims management companies, so called ‘ambulance chasers’.
Pension savers will now be putting away more in their pots, as part of an increase in auto-enrolment minimum contributions, from 5% of qualifying earnings to 8%.
A group of fraudsters were jailed for a combined 17 years and nine months today for their part in an elaborate wine investment scam which conned nearly £1m out of investors, many of which were elderly and vulnerable.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is to pay compensation to 2,500 clients of discretionary fund manager Strand Capital, which became insolvent in 2017.
St James’s Place Wealth Management is among the latest firms to join the Protection Distribution Group (PDG).