FCA warns firms of robo-advice failings
Firms offering robo-advice have been accused by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of using unclear charging structures and failing to protect vulnerable clients.
Firms offering robo-advice have been accused by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of using unclear charging structures and failing to protect vulnerable clients.
Former Prudential, AIA and Citibank employees have been prohibited from providing financial advice services in Singapore, after they were found to have mis-sold investment products.
IFA firms should “wrest control” of their businesses from life companies based on the Isle of Man before the Conduct of Business Code comes into force, the director of Thames River International has argued. A move described by one industry source as “dodgy” and a “stain on the industry”.
There is some good news for investors in the beleaguered EEA fund after RL360° confirmed the scheme is distributing around $15.1m (£10.9m, €12.2m) to holders of run-off shares.
Liquidators of the failed New Earth Recycling and Renewables (NERR) fund now have more than 200,000 documents in their possession and want to establish if there is a case to take legal action against any party deemed liable for the collapse.