A survey of around 400 financial advisers has found “huge variations” in the way firms carry out an initial ‘triage’ process when clients ask about pension transfers.
Read more ...Huge variations in how firms ‘triage’ pension transfer queries
- Monday, 03 September 2018
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Financial Planning Today to support new Planner marketing event
- Monday, 03 September 2018
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Financial Planning Today is supporting a major event helping Financial Planners be better at marketing and comms and is offering readers an exclusive £50 off ticket prices until Friday 7 Sept in advance of general sale.
Read more ...Sex offender's firm appoints trainee IFA as director
- Monday, 03 September 2018
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A firm owned by jailed sex offender adviser Frank Cochran has appointed a trainee IFA as its new director and has changed its address.
Read more ...AFH buys regional South West IFA firm for £4.2m
- Monday, 03 September 2018
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AFH, the expanding financial advisory firm founded by a Chartered Financial Planner, has made its 12th acquisition of 2018 in a move that will boost its total number of advisers to more than 200.
Read more ...Fund investment advisory fees fall by 5%, research shows
- Friday, 31 August 2018
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A new report by independent fund research firm Fitz Partners has given an insight into the level of investment advisory fees charged by asset managers.
Read more ...Future of ISAs sparks debate in Planning profession
- Friday, 31 August 2018
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HMRC statistics, released today, have been interpreted in different ways by experts in the Financial Planning profession.
Read more ...IFA warns expats to ‘no deal Brexit’ proof finances
- Friday, 31 August 2018
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The estimated 1.8 million British expats living in the EU should consider reviewing their personal financial strategies as ‘no-deal’ Brexit looks increasingly likely, the deVere Group has warned.
Read more ...Walker Crips adds model portfolios to Dynamic Planner system
- Friday, 31 August 2018
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Walker Crips, which has a Financial Planning arm, has added its ALPHA: r² model portfolios to Distribution Technology’s ‘Dynamic Planner’ platform, enabling advisers to assess the long-term investment risks associated with the portfolios against their clients’ risk profiles.
Read more ...PIMFA relaunches popular annual Financial Adviser Dinner
- Friday, 31 August 2018
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PIMFA, the trade body formed by a merger of APFA and the Wealth Management Association, is to relaunch the popular annual Financial Adviser dinners organised by APFA.
Read more ...Nearly 7 in 10 confident about ‘own personal finances’
- Thursday, 30 August 2018
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Despite concerns about the UK’s finances, 66% of consumers say they are confident about their own personal finances.
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