Industry
AFH drops bid for Lighthouse over ‘limited growth prospects’
IFA consolidator AFH has pulled out of a potential bid to acquire Lighthouse as it sees “limited growth prospects” for the national advice firm.
The rise of investment fintech
No longer the preserve of payment solutions developers, fintech startups are gaining ground and increasingly disrupting the investment management industry.
Retirement | 23 Mar 16
UK pension advisers ‘caught out’ by unexpected Sipp charges
More than a third of pension advisers in the UK admit that they have been ‘caught out’ by unexpected charges on self-invested personal pension (Sipp) wrappers, research by retirement specialists Momentum Pensions shows.
Retirement | 23 Mar 16
Third of British expats to return home, says NatWest IPB
A third of British people who have retired abroad intend to return to the UK, according to new findings published by NatWest International Personal Banking (IPB).
Novia partners with DFMs on new investment portal
International intermediaries’ platform Novia Global has launched a new integrated investment portal, which provides access to a panel of discretionary fund managers (DFMs).