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Convoy chairman arrested at airport
The chairman of embattled IFA firm Convoy Financial has reportedly been arrested at Hong Kong airport by the region’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), just days after three other senior executives were taken into custody on charges relating to corruption.
MPs make urgent cold calling plea
MPs have called on the UK Government to accelerate the implementation of a pensions cold calling ban alongside enhanced pension freedoms safety measures.
Mike Coady to depart Guardian Wealth Management
Guardian’s chief commercial officer Mike Coady will be officially leaving the company in January 2018, the firm has announced.
Best Practice | 11 Dec 17
UK financial services bans at post-crisis low
Just 18 people were handed prohibition orders from the Financial Conduct Authority in the year to 30 September 2017, down from its peak of 72 in 2010.
Best Practice | 8 Dec 17
Advice to take on new meaning in January
The UK regulator is to introduce a new definition of advice on 3 January 2018 in a move to bring it in line with the Mifid II definition.