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Best Practice | 8 Jun 18
Athletes and chefs taking up financial advice as second career
People with no significant financial services experience are being encouraged to look to the pensions and investment advice sector for a second career by a financial services network.
Best Practice | 8 Jun 18
Tax investigators could get greater search warrant powers
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office and HM Revenue & Customs could be given the right to apply for a search warrant independently of the police under modernisation plans.
UK advice in good health but PI cover up
The scale of the burden of rising professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums has been revealed in a new section of the UK regulator’s data bulletin.
Tilney boots Woodford from buy list
Tilney has ditched Neil Woodford’s flagship fund from its buy list due to performance and liquidity concerns, echoing sentiment from other platforms that have dropped the UK equities manager.
Hansard’s Bahamas move branded ‘disappointing’
Senior figures in the Isle of Man life insurance sector have criticised Hansard’s decision to set up a company in the Bahamas, which the insurer admits was partly driven by the looming commission disclosure rules.