The government announced a major shake up of UK financial services, in the Queens speech, with the abolition of EU financial services regulation. This was widely expected after Brexit. The old EU regulations will be replaced with a new bill expected in 2023 providing new UK based regulation for Independent Financial Advisers. This is welcome […]
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In the latest Pension Advisers review, figures on the number of upheld complaints have just been released by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which reveal which pension and investment companies have performed the worst over the past 12 months. The top 10 are: Reassure Aviva Prudential Scottish Widows Phoenix life Not far behind are Royal […]
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The latest Bank of England money and credit report has revealed large increases in debt according to warnings from money advisors. The report showed that mortgage debt rose to over £7 billion in March and increase of £2.4 billion over the previous month. This increase is a result of an increase in the Bank of […]
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In the latest survey of workplace pensions by the Drewberry Group (FT Adviser 4/5/22) almost one third of people felt that they needed pension help at work because they were not being informed about their pensions. The survey also found that: • Over 40% needed pension help at work because they didn’t know how much […]
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced new rules to make the posting of fake Independent Financial Adviser reviews online illegal to help to protect the public. The Government has been concerned about the issue for some time, but now has the power to crack down. We fully support the initiative. It’s important that […]
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We’ve looked at ESG (Environmental, Sustainable and Governance) based investments and investing practices before. It’s certainly seems to be in the news a lot, but is it clear to investors that they are getting what they think they should be getting? It seems maybe not, according to the latest research by Boring Money (8th April). […]
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