UK IFAs facing advice suitability review in 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority has outlined plans to re-assess the suitability of retail investment advice in 2019, according to its latest annual report.
The Financial Conduct Authority has outlined plans to re-assess the suitability of retail investment advice in 2019, according to its latest annual report.
The Pension Regulator (TPR) has appointed Dalriada Trustees to clean up a £21m defunct pension scheme.
A UK law firm at the heart of a mis-selling case against an introducer, a financial adviser and two Sipp providers has said it now represents 210 clients.
The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), which helps consumers when authorised financial services firms fail, is battling to recover money paid out to investors in a fund that went into liquidation but has since resumed making distributions.
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An abusive UK pension company that pumped millions into notorious ‘storage’ investments has been shut down by the High Court.
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Holborn Assets Hong Kong names its chief executive, Carrick Wealth appoints an acquisitions director who comes by way of the UK, Singapore and Dubai, while Vanguard bolsters its ETF Capital Markets team in Europe.
Life insurance can play a vital role helping wealthy international UK residential property owners protect themselves against future inheritance tax (IHT) bills, according to lawyers Howard Kennedy.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has taken aim at risk-targeted model portfolios in its platforms study, which has sparked calls for platform providers to re-evaluate “subjective” branding and the amount of information they disclose.
The asset management arm of Pacific Investments Group has entered into a strategic partnership with financial advice business Chartered Financial Management (CFM(UK)).
Asset managers Blackrock and Schroders are the rumoured frontrunners to oversee £109bn ($144.3bn, €123.5bn) for Lloyd’s Banking Group (LBG), after its contract with Standard Life Aberdeen was terminated earlier this year.