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The Money Advice Service (MAS) says there is tangible evidence to show it is benefitting independent financial advisers.
An alarmingly high number of consumers do not know how to risk-rate standard financial products, such as equity ISAs and with-profits bonds, research suggests.
A father and son who masqueraded as financial advisers have been given a suspended jail sentence after conning £15,000 out of a couple and using the money for their own purposes.
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IFAs around the country are charging vastly different fees for the same work and should be forced to publish transparent fee menus, Which? has said.
Paul Stanfield, CEO of FEIFA, outlines the key considerations for advisory firms considering passporting their businesses back into the UK from another EU state.
Standard Life (SL) will review the wording of letters sent directly to investors after advisers complained they were incentivizing clients to drop IFAs.
Discretionary fund manager Saltus has launched a global equity fund in an extension of its IFA-focused offering.
It’s been another busy (and in some instances raucous) year in financial services. While it’s been a positive 12 months in many respects for advisers, the regulator has again come in for criticism...
Bad news sells. It is a phrase all-too-familiar with journalists who may have heard it from their reader critics, and perhaps from their editors. It’s true of course, the phrase. In most cases, a bulletin led by a negative news piece will garner more attention than one which does not.
From winning £3,500 for an elderly client in time for Christmas to a spot of career advice, 2011 has again been a year of proud moments for IFAs...
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