Best Practice
Best Practice | 6 Apr 18
FCA targets cryptocurrency advisers
The Financial Conduct Authority has set its sights on those offering and advising on cryptocurrency derivatives, saying there will be consequences if they do not comply with current regulation.
Best Practice | 6 Apr 18
Public interest vs curiosity in an age of transparency
The distinction between legitimate public interest and sheer curiosity is an issue with a lot of pressure points. But all the legal protection in the world cannot put the genie back in the bottle once it gets out, Guernsey Finance’s Dominic Wheatley has warned.
Best Practice | 6 Apr 18
Busting the ETF jargon
From fees to tracking error to “two-way flows”, unsuspecting investors can be caught off guard by some of the inside language used by the ETF industry, warns 7IM senior investment manager Peter Sleep.
Best Practice | 6 Apr 18
Two in three still confused by pension freedom rules
Despite being three years since HM Revenue & Customs introduced the pension freedoms, two out of three people over the age of 55 say they are still confused by the regulations.
ANZ fined A$3m for advice client review failings
Australia’s ANZ Bank has been fined for charging fees but providing no service after the country’s financial watchdog found it had failed to produce documented annual reviews to more than 10,000 financial advice customers over a seven-year period.