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CoInvestor to UK chancellor: Leave pension freedoms alone

Alternatives | 22 Nov 16

CoInvestor to UK chancellor: Leave pension freedoms alone

Ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, alternative assets platform CoInvestor has urged UK chancellor Philip Hammond not to backtrack on pensions freedoms.

Old Mutual Wealth and CII launch adviser academy

Best Practice | 22 Nov 16

Old Mutual Wealth and CII launch adviser academy

Old Mutual Wealth has partnered with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) to launch an Investment Academy, designed to help advisers meet new CII criteria.

Guernsey’s MTCL fined, directors banned

Tax & Regulation | 22 Nov 16

Guernsey’s MTCL fined, directors banned

Guernsey based fund administration group Marlborough Trust Company Ltd (MTCL) has been fined and its directors banned as part of the ongoing fallout from the Arch Cru investment failure.

Seven changes advisers should expect from the Autumn Statement

Tax & Regulation | 22 Nov 16

Seven changes advisers should expect from the Autumn Statement

International Adviser rounds up the expert views on what to expect ahead of the UK chancellor Philip Hammond’s debut Autumn Statement on Wednesday.

Cold calling ban a golden opportunity but other dangers lurk

Tax & Regulation | 21 Nov 16

Cold calling ban a golden opportunity but other dangers lurk

The government’s plans to crack down on pension cold calling have been hailed as a “golden opportunity” to correct the UK’s “disastrous” rules that are as much use as a “chocolate teapot”, says Angela Brooks of Pension Life.