Hansard International has introduced an online tool that enables financial advisers to request instant withdrawals on behalf of their clients via its adviser-dedicated platform Hansard Online (HOL).
The UK’s newly installed chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond is to make his first autumn statement in the house of commons on 23 November, putting his own stamp on the treasury and setting out the financials post the Brexit vote.
A random walk through the world of wealth management.
Schroders has become the latest associate member to join Fecif, the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers.
As Old Mutual International’s head of region for Europe, David Matthews is well placed to offer insights on how the markets there are evolving in response to regulation and the impact on financial advisers.
International portfolio bonds and in-specie transfers can be hugely beneficial to those who have worked abroad for multiple companies and have amassed a collection of international shareholdings, says Norrie Little, head of propositions for Hansard International.
Fewer than a fifth (17%) of UK advisers think that clients who feel squeezed keeping up with bills and repayments would put any extra money towards their pension savings, research from Royal London has found.
In the first in a series of three, Julie Littlechild, founder of Absolute Engagement, explores the importance of advisers and clients working together to enhance customer engagement.
Prudential is expanding its support for advisers with the launch of Knowledge TV, offering continuing professional development (CPD) certified ‘box sets’, technical insights, and online demonstrations.
Provisca, the international distribution business launched in August by Nigel Watson and Bryan Low, has signed its first partnership agreement, opening up the products of South Africa’s third largest listed insurer to international markets.
UK financial advice firms applying for corporate chartered financial planner status from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) can face an easier time than their overseas counterparts.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Elizabeth Anne Parry from performing any function in relation to any regulated financial activity and fined her £109,400 ($143,419, €128,657) for repeatedly lying about her qualification status.
