An ex-Financial Planning manager has been sent to jail and ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds in costs for insider dealing. Read more ...
FCA proposes dashboard showing all consumers' pension pots
- Thursday, 26 March 2015
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The Financial Conduct Authority is proposing a pensions dashboard allowing consumers to see all their pension pots in one place, following a study on retirement income it carried out last year. Read more ...
Genie to grant two students IFP Paraplanning conference wish
- Thursday, 26 March 2015
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Budding Paraplanners are being asked what would be the top three wishes they ask a genie to grant them in order to help them kick start their careers. Read more ...
FCA's £400k annual bill to keep tabs on TPAS and CAB
- Thursday, 26 March 2015
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Checking up on the bodies that will provide the new Pension Wise service will cost the FCA nearly £400,000 every year and an initial outlay of nearly £600,000. Read more ...
Chartered Insurance Institute chief heads to exit door
- Thursday, 26 March 2015
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The Chartered Insurance Institute's chief executive is stepping down, the organisation has announced this morning. Read more ...
Advisers' bill to pay for the FCA rises from £68m to £75m
- Thursday, 26 March 2015
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A £75m bill is today looming for financial advisers in order to pay for the FCA. Read more ...
Chancellor and FCA told: Protect savers with cooling off period
- Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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The chief executive of an advisory firm has written to the Chancellor and FCA bosses calling for a 30 day cooling off period for those seeking access to all of their pension funds, unless they have had regulated advice. Read more ...
FCA plans to place ban on opt-out selling
- Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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The Financial Conduct Authority has this morning announced plans to ban opt-out selling in financial services markets. Read more ...
FOS cuts its budget for 2015/16 to £223.9 million
- Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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The Financial Ombudsman Service is set to cut its spending by 11% in the next financial year, with its budget dropping to just under £224million. Read more ...
Pension scrutiny takes centre stage in FCA's new business plan
- Tuesday, 24 March 2015
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Scrutiny of the new pensions landscape will be central to the FCA's work for the next year, officials said, as they outlined the regulator's plans this morning. Read more ...