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Momentum buys adviser-only model portfolios from London & Capital
Momentum buys adviser-only model portfolios from London & Capital

Portfolios for UK financial advisers

  • Industry
  • 17 February 2016
Revealed: All the winners at the Professional Adviser Awards 2016
Revealed: All the winners at the Professional Adviser Awards 2016

Best of the best honoured at PA Awards

  • Funds
  • 12 February 2016
Capita pays off Arch cru investors to escape court ruling
Capita pays off Arch cru investors to escape court ruling

Investors get secret deal

  • Regulation
  • 10 February 2016
Old Mutual Wealth's senior executive duo to exit
Old Mutual Wealth's senior executive duo to exit

COO and customer director to step down

  • Wealth managers
  • 28 January 2016
What do we know about the new FCA chief?
What do we know about the new FCA chief?

Andrew Bailey to take over in July

  • Regulation
  • 26 January 2016
AJ Bell plans launch of passives range following acquisition
AJ Bell plans launch of passives range following acquisition

Increase asset management presence

  • Platforms
  • 21 January 2016
FCA finds 60% of wealth managers' portfolios close to unsuitable

'Substantial' improvements needed

  • Wealth managers
  • 09 December 2015
RBS and Standard Chartered 'weakest' links in BoE stress tests

Further £10bn needs to be put aside

  • Financial services
  • 01 December 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: Stamp duty to rise by 3% on BTL and second homes

Increase comes in from April 2016

  • Economics
  • 25 November 2015
HBOS report damns FSA for being 'too trusting'

Damning verdict on regulator

  • Regulation
  • 19 November 2015
FCA fines and bans ex-Aviva Investors analyst for 'cherry picking'

Fined for exploiting weaknesses in trading systems

  • Financial services
  • 17 November 2015
Rogue ex-Barings trader Leeson launches risk management firm

Launches Risk Team with former banker

  • Industry
  • 16 November 2015
FCA wants to extend commission ban to P2P investing

Ensure consumer protection

  • Regulation
  • 12 November 2015
Another name change? FCA looks again at advice labels

Regulator seeks industry views

  • Regulation
  • 12 October 2015
Fraudsters behind £60m Arck investment scam sentenced to 12 years

Three-year battle

  • Regulation
  • 09 October 2015
Bestinvest founder Spiers unveils simplified advice service

New hires for launch

  • Advisory
  • 07 October 2015
Rathbones CEO: We'll avoid industry's adviser takeover mistakes

Rathbones to buy out Vision Group

  • Advisory
  • 05 October 2015
FCA wants pension rich excluded from sophisticated investor loophole

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) want to completely exclude pension wealth from high net worth investor (HNWI) calculations in order to prevent retirees losing their nest egg in high risk sophisticated investments.

  • Regulation
  • 01 October 2015
Hargreaves Lansdown moves to restricted advice and overhauls charges

Groundwork for telephone-based proposition

  • Advisory
  • 01 October 2015
Regulator fines IFA £20k for Keydata advice

JJFS did not take reasonable care

  • Regulation
  • 30 September 2015
Shadow chancellor to push for 'Robin Hood' tax on trading

Osborne has fought the tax

  • Regulation
  • 28 September 2015
UK interest rate could need further cut, BoE chief economist warns
UK interest rate could need further cut, BoE chief economist warns

UK interest rates could need to be cut further to support growth and return inflation to target, the Bank of England's chief economist has said.

  • Economics
  • 18 September 2015
Old Mutual Wealth poaches Investec's Dale for adviser sales role
Old Mutual Wealth poaches Investec's Dale for adviser sales role

Dale to join in November

  • Business roles
  • 15 September 2015
Labour leadership winner Corbyn names shadow chancellor
Labour leadership winner Corbyn names shadow chancellor

Shadow cabinet members revealed

  • UK
  • 14 September 2015
Aberdeen AM acquires DFM and platform Parmenion

Strategy to grow Solutions business

  • Platforms
  • 04 September 2015
'Adopt an investor' plea as life settlements fund to pay out £56m sale proceeds

Dollar denominated assets reach £83m

  • Unit trusts/OEICs
  • 04 September 2015
FCA launches follow-up work on annuity mis-selling investigation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating thousands of annuities sold since 2008 to see if they were unsuitable for savers.

  • Financial services
  • 01 September 2015
Supreme Court backs FCA's tough stance on collectives in landmark case

The highest court in the UK has backed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a landmark case that could have far-reaching consequences for risky ventures.

  • Regulation
  • 05 August 2015
Bestinvest founder Spiers launches high-end investment service

EQ Investors, the boutique wealth manager led by Bestinvest founder John Spiers, has launched an investment service for high-net-worth individuals, companies and charities with over £750,000 to invest.

  • Wealth Management
  • 04 August 2015
Does the govt want to resurrect banks' advice role?

Does the govt want to resurrect banks' advice role?

  • Regulation
  • 04 August 2015
MPC interest rate hawks tamed by Greek crisis

Hawkish members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) keen to begin edging up interest rates were cowed by the recent turmoil in Greece, its latest meeting minutes reveal.

  • Economics
  • 22 July 2015
Jupiter hands £60m investment trust business to Hargreaves Lansdown

Jupiter is handing its £60m investment trust savings and ISA businesses to Hargreaves Lansdown to administer, in a deal for an undisclosed sum.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 20 July 2015
Adviser profitability, assets and confidence all on the up - survey
Adviser profitability, assets and confidence all on the up - survey

Business is booming for advisers, according to a poll that signals increasing profitability and confidence in the sector two years after the rule change doomsayers said would herald its demise.

  • Advisory
  • 17 July 2015
FSCS legal team awarded for pursuit of Keydata advisers

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) legal team that helped recover some of the hundreds of millions of pounds it paid out over the collapse of Keydata from financial advisers has been given an industry award for its efforts.

  • Regulation
  • 17 July 2015
Platform pricing report: Average costs cut by 18% vs. pre-RDR

Average investors have seen their platform costs tumble by almost a fifth in the last five years, according to research by the lang cat, but advisers are not favouring the cheaper options.

  • Platforms
  • 13 July 2015
Sanlam netted £10m from Intrinsic stake sale
Sanlam netted £10m from Intrinsic stake sale

Sanlam UK made £10m from the sale of its stake in advice network Intrinsic to Old Mutual Wealth.

  • Advisory
  • 07 July 2015
Aviva and Friends Life create £45m emergency fund for Sesame

Debt-laden network Sesame has been given access to a £45m bailout fund by its parents Aviva and Friends Life.

  • Advisory
  • 06 July 2015
Cowley challenges 'tired' fund model with new advisory firm

Former Old Mutual bond manager Stewart Cowley has launched a new venture providing investment advice and portfolio management to advisers and fund groups.

  • Bonds
  • 03 July 2015
FCA chief Wheatley nets £701k after 15% pay rise

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley saw his total pay deal from the industry-funded regulator rise by 15% last year to £701,000.

  • Regulation
  • 02 July 2015
FCA hires enforcement chief from Hong Kong regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has looked east for its new head of enforcement, bringing in the man who currently heads up the same division for the Hong Kong regulator.

  • Wealth managers
  • 05 June 2015
FCA calls on advisers to stockpile earnings in case of complaints
FCA calls on advisers to stockpile earnings in case of complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could up the amount of easily accessible cash advisers have to hold a percentage of their yearly investment advice earnings, in a bid to stop firms failing in the face of a "normal" level of complaints.

  • Advisory
  • 28 May 2015
RBS preps for goverment stake sale with shareholder vote
RBS preps for goverment stake sale with shareholder vote

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is preparing shareholders for the government to sell down its 79% stake in the lender by asking them to vote on costs related to a sale at its annual general meeting.

  • Industry
  • 22 May 2015
FOS reveals annuities are new complaints battleground
FOS reveals annuities are new complaints battleground

Annuities have become the new focus for complaints according to figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), a year after the product was publicly abandoned by the Chancellor.

  • Wealth managers
  • 19 May 2015
FCA warns of cold calling fake regulator fraudster

A man pretending to be from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is cold calling people in an attempt to defraud them, the regulator has warned.

  • Industry
  • 19 May 2015
IFA poaches director from Fidelity

An IFA based in Plymouth has hired a head of advisory services from industry giant Fidelity.

  • UK
  • 18 May 2015
Multi-asset survivors: Six funds still widely-held a decade later

Multi-asset survivors: The six funds still loved after a decade

  • Investment
  • 13 May 2015
Fraudster alert: FCA warns on four investment firm clones

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to investors about four firms that are unauthorised clones of legitimate businesses.

  • Wealth managers
  • 05 May 2015
FCA approval times for growing firms up 85% in two years

Firms trying to expand into new business areas are having to wait 85% longer for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation than two years ago.

  • Wealth managers
  • 05 May 2015
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