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Lords push Govt to change Care bill financial advice rules
The Care bill says councils must refer people to “independent” financial advice but not regulated financial advice.
IMF joins warnings of Help to Buy house price rises
IMF identifies a series of problems with UK banks including lack of provision for future conduct problems.
Govt exempts offshore investors from platform rebate tax
The Government has launched a four week consultation to set out detailed new rules.
CML: Remortgaging at lowest levels for 15 years
The CML is cautiously optimistic on the impact Government support schemes will have on a muted market
iPipeline launches annuity quotation portal
Aviva, Just Retirement, LV= and Partnership have signed up so far.
Prudential: 1 in 7 retirees have no private pension savings
Report also finds women retiring this year are more likely to be below the poverty line than men.
Transparency campaign group launches investment calculator
True and Fair Campaign calculator aims to show full cost of investments.
MPC minutes show committee remains split over QE
MPC voted 6-3 in favour of keeping QE at £375bn.
Vanguard launches four new ETFs
Vanguard announces launch of Irish-domiciled exchange traded funds.
Platforms rule out copying Standard Life's rebate tax move
Platforms say they will not follow Standard Life and pay clients’ rebate tax for 2013.
Nationwide achieves largest ever mortgage market share
Lender’s gross lending increases gross lending 16.8 per cent in the year to 4 April.
Aberdeen completes US fund manager acquisition
Aberdeen Asset Management has completed the deal to buy US fund management house Artio Global Investors.
Halifax loosens criteria for contract workers
Lender will now assess affordability on contract income.
Future Bank governor Mark Carney warns Europe faces lost decade
In his last speech as Bank of Canada governor Carney warned Europe of the dangers of “half measures” to boost growth.
Advisers and investors in line for Keydata payout
The FSCS will make initial distributions of 7.5p in the pound with total returns of between 12 and 15 per cent of the money invested.
Newton hires high yield analyst for global fixed income team
Newton has appointed Cairn Capital’s Khuram Sharih.
Fidelity's Greetham starts to trim commodity exposure
Fidelity asset allocation director Trevor Greetham has started to cut back on his commodity exposure in light of slowing growth expectations from China.
UK banks face £14bn bill for EU resolution fund
MEPs have voted through proposals for UK banks to create a multi-billion pound resolution fund.
FCA under pressure to re-think Sipp cap-ad plans
Sipp trade body says there is “minimal support” from the industry for the regulator’s proposed reforms.
TPR to spend £30m on auto-enrolment regulation this year
The Pensions Regulator will focus on boosting its enforcement capabilities ahead of SMEs’ auto-enrolment staging dates.
