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May 2012
18/05/2012
Free 28 Page RDR Guide. Our compliance experts and fellow IFAs and Chartered Financial Planners Joanne Roberts and Ashley Clark have written ...
17/05/2012
Ssshhh We Won An Award Tell No One - FSA. Final guidance published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on financial promotions, ...
16/05/2012
FSCS Lawyers Data Protection Breach. A report in both FT Adviser and Money Marketing has suggested that: Law firm Herbert Smith is ...
15/05/2012
Solicitor IFAs Regulator Co-operation. A variety of regulatory bodies from the legal profession and other sectors, along with the Financial Services Authority ...
14/05/2012
MAS Pay Scale Review. The Money Advice Service (MAS) is planning to amend its staff remuneration packages. MAS chief executive Tony ...
11/05/2012
FSA Draft Rules For Stress Test Planning. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a feedback statement setting out draft rules that ...
10/05/2012
Investment Losses Not Complaint Grounds. The Complaints Commissioner has rejected a complaint that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) failed to adequately monitor ...
09/05/2012
ECJ Rules DFM Service Full VAT. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has published its opinion statement, recommending all elements of discretionary ...
08/05/2012
Aviva Boss Quits After Shareholder Pay Row. Aviva has announced its chief executive Andrew Moss has quit. Moss, has been caught up ...
04/05/2012
IFP Want PI Cut For Accredited Firms. The Institue of Financial Planning (IFP) is working with underwriter and managing director of IFA ...
03/05/2012
L and G Say RDR Reducing IFA Activity. As advisers focus on RDR business transfromation, Legal & General (L&G) are predicting reduced ...
02/05/2012
TSC Investigates Finance Bosses Pay. The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has launched an inquiry into corporate governance at Britain's top financial companies. ...
01/05/2012
Fine After Client Money Failings. Financial planning and portfolio management firm Christchurch Investment Management have been fined £26,600 by the Financial Services ...
April 2012
30/04/2012
1400 Advice Job Cuts Clydesdale Yorkshire. Following a strategic review by the National Australia Bank (NAB) of its UK operations, the Clydesdale ...
27/04/2012
£250K FSCS Hit For Wound Up Wales IFA. According to figures from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), they have paid out ...
26/04/2012
HSBC Adviser Cull Pre RDR. As part of its response to the retail distribution review, HSBC is set to announce job cuts ...
25/04/2012
Regulatory Reviews Cost £32m. According to Conservative MP Mark Field, the cost of producing regulatory review reports increased to more than £32m ...
24/04/2012
FSA Staff Head For The Hills. According to a freedom of information request, submitted by Money Marketing, the number of staff leaving ...
23/04/2012
FSA Warns On Poor Insurance Wording. A review by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that companies are relying too much ...
20/04/2012
Another £10m Potential FSCS Liability. According to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), Scottish broker firm Direct Sharedeal was declared in default ...
19/04/2012
FSA Claims 70 Per Cent IFAs RDR Ready. Head of investments at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Linda Woodall has revealed that ...
18/04/2012
Illegal Call For Breach Client Trust And Confidence. Shadow Treasury financial secretary Chris Leslie and Shadow Treasury economic secretary Cathy Jamieson have ...
17/04/2012
Nucleus Platform In Black. Nucleus, the IFA-owned and controlled wrap platform had a strong Q1. For the first 3 months of ...
16/04/2012
Half Want Advice Fees From Policy Charge. According to research by Ernst & Young, nearly half of UK life and pension customers ...
13/04/2012
Advisers Say RDR No Solution. A survey by SCM Private has found that 64% of IFAs in the south east think RDR ...

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