United Kingdom
Morningstar flags up UK commercial property slowdown
Morningstar has warned of a continued slowdown in the United Kingdom’s commercial property market.
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.
Macro Views | 23 Mar 16
Two in three advisers see in-house management becoming harder
Two out of three financial advisers (64%) believe it will become increasingly difficult to provide in-house investment management to clients over the coming two years, according to a survey by Investec Wealth and Investment.