Wealth managers

Reflections on 20 years in fund management

Shrinking supply in the bank debt sector could be reversed if the Total Loss Absorption Capital rules come to pass, but will bank bonds become riskier? Annabelle Williams reports.

Retired Premier League players are among more than 100 footballers who face financial ruin as a result of demands from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), but some stars have said the fault lies with their advisers.

HMRC's crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion by the "mass affluent" saw an income boost of 60% in the last year, a new report has claimed.

Advice to invest in a troubled unregulated overseas property scheme has helped push 24 firms over into failure, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will look to take even earlier pre-emptive action against what it believes is bad practice in a bid to counter accusations from the industry that it unfairly employs retrospective regulation.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its final definitions of regulated advice and personal recommendations in retail investment, in a move it hopes will help firms develop 'low cost' distribution models with confidence.

Arch Financial Products (AFP) chief executive Robin Farrell and former compliance officer Robert Addison have said they are "disappointed" with an Upper Tribunal decision to uphold a regulatory ban and fine against them, but felt "vindicated" by parts...

Advisers are being exposed to accusations of negligent advice by the regulator because comparing charges for the most common outsourced investment options - multi-manager (MM) and discretionary fund managers (DFMs) - is "impossible", according to a new...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) plans to collect a levy of £287m from firms in 2015-16, as it prepares for a rise in claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).