AJ Bell buys mobile-focused IFA platform
Deal ‘will broaden’ the company’s offering to financial advisers
AJ Bell
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PEOPLE MOVES: AJ Bell, Axa, Aegon Asset Management
Platform lures big hitter from St James’s Place, while Axa names next chairman
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PEOPLE MOVES: HSBC, Succession Wealth, Nedgroup Investments
Bank makes c-suite changes in its wealth unit, while advice firm hires chief commercial officer
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We are not out of the inflation woods yet
But ‘incorporating a hedging asset is no free lunch, as it may increase a portfolio’s risk profile’
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UK platforms demand greater access for retail investors in IPOs
Dr Martens, Moonpig and the Hut Group excluded them from their listings last month
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Tesla diversification into Bitcoin ‘speculative and worrying’
As private investors warned against playing Russian roulette with their savings
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Pension freedom age increase will create ‘second class schemes’
As ‘tougher’ access rules make it ‘complex for savers’
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Quarter of UK adults have low financial resilience due to covid
FCA survey shows number of at risk Brits has shot up 15% since the start of the pandemic
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Cheaper pension charges to make drawdown ‘more sustainable’
‘Small changes – just a fraction of 1% – can make a real difference’
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Attack of the clone firms cost investors £78m in 2020
‘No surprise mendacious fraudsters have ramped up attempts to swindle hard-working people’
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Advisers face surge in queries on what to do with extra cash
More Isa allowances are being utilised, while older generations show greater interest in gifting
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50% drop in firms with DB permissions in two years
Of the 1,310 companies giving pension transfer advice – 9% had no PI cover