FCA
Honeymoon over for robo advice
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made it clear it will hold robo advice firms to the same high standards as human advisers, with experts saying the honeymoon is now over for those trying to curb the rules.
Best Practice | 21 May 18
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.
The PI thorn in the side of DB pension transfer firms
Professional indemnity (PI) insurers are doing more than the Financial Conduct Authority to make the lives of IFAs providing defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice difficult.
Ex-SJP trainee adviser banned for faking qualifications
The FCA has slapped a fine and prohibition order on a former St James’s Place trainee financial adviser who repeatedly lied and faked a document in a bid to advise retail investors without gaining the necessary qualifications.
PI woes force pension transfer firm to pull advice service
UK pension transfer specialist O&M Pension Advice will cease advising clients from 1 July after it ran into “unexpected difficulties” with its professional indemnity (PI) insurer, a problem that is becoming more common in the advice market.