The FCA has announced that it will need an additional £8 million in funding in order to regulate crypto firms going forwards. Of course, that does not mean that cryptocurrencies are about to fall under the protection of the regulator. It just means that FCA is now taking responsibility for regulating crypto firms’ compliance with […]
The latest survey from Embark Investors has thrown up some interesting results. The survey looked specifically at clients relationships with their Independent Financial Advisers. Some of the results include: 85% of investors (or clients) said they were “happy” with their adviser and only 4% described themselves as “unhappy”. That is a very high satisfaction index […]
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Whilst the number of pensioners is increasingly rapidly as we’ve reported, a new national survey conducted by Dunstan Thomas (28th March), has shown some more interesting retirement facts, especially about the so called “baby boomer” generation, those born between 1947 and 1964. In terms of this group the survey found that : Over one third […]
Hidden in the Chancellors recent Spring Statement was some potential good news in the quest to tackle to ever increasing scourge of financial fraud. Sunak announced an additional £48 million to be invested into the creation of a new counter fraud agency over the next three years. The new agency will work with the British […]
The FCA has reported that the number of potential cryptocurrency scams reported through its Scam Smart website increased by 50% in the 6 months between April and September last year. The total number of scams reported was up by a third to 16,400. Crypto concerns were three times more common than any other form of […]
Here are some of the updates we’ve read about in March: The FCA has introduced new caps on the fees Claims Management Companies can charge clients from 1st March just as we reported way back in January last year. According to research by Lloyds Bank, 80% of over 55-year-olds in the UK don’t have a […]
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