Money Marketing
16 February 2012
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Mixed funds are half of RedZone
16 February 2012
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£50Bn QE rise could reduce loan costs and aid borrowers
16 February 2012
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10,000 Forms on way for MF Global compensation
16 February 2012
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Adviser welcome relaxed Fatca proposals
16 Feb 2012
Advisers have welcomed the US government’s move to relax the proposals for its foreign account tax compliance act.
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Amps committee to focus on platforms
16 February 2012
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Annuity service for small pots
16 Feb 2012
Helm Godfrey is offering an annuity advice service for people with small pension pots.
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Arrest made in FSA and SOCA insider dealing investigation
16 Feb 2012
A man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into insider dealing.
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Artemis fund raises US exposure
17 Feb 2012
Artemis Investment Management fund manager Simon Edelsten has raised his US equity exposure in the £15m global select fund in a bid to tap into the US economic recovery.
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Attention seeking
16 February 2012
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Building bricks
20 Feb 2012
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Cicutti: No reason IFAs can't build up scale
16 Feb 2012
Nic Cicutti says IFA firms should look to train college students in a bid to improve their business and the wider industry.
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Defined-aspiration plan shares risks, says Webb
16 February 2012
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Dual reasons why Buffett shuns gold
16 February 2012
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Encourage youth to save
16 February 2012
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Europe still showing solid consistency
16 February 2012
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Ex-Aldermore chief Snowdon sets up higher-LTV venture
17 Feb 2012
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FE Adviser Fund Index
16 February 2012
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'Finance Bill will stop new VCT players'
16 February 2012
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Forward motion
16 Feb 2012
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FSA shelves individual loan broker registration
16 February 2012
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FSCS offers Keydata advisers 50% discount deal
16 February 2012
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Fund with a difference
16 February 2012
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Galvin vows help for DB schemes to plug deficits
17 Feb 2012
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GLG shuts Japan fund until liquidity returns
16 February 2012
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Gross lending stable as Barclays profits hit £6bn
16 February 2012
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Hawksmoor set for distribution fund
16 February 2012
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HMRC concern at low take-up of pension protection
16 Feb 2012
HMRC suprised at the low number of people applying to protect their pension fund following the Govt’s decision to cut the lifetime pension allowance.
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Hogarth: We will soon know the winners and losers of the RDR
15 Feb 2012
Paul Hogarth says we will know who is likely to survive once the RDR deadline arrives.
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How does a regulator decide when profits are unfair?
21 Feb 2012
Former Consumer Panel chairman John Howard on the dilemmas facing the FCA over new product banning powers.
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How life offices plan to deal with direct clients
17 Feb 2012
Insurers have to consider how to serve the needs of their direct customers but concerns remain about the agenda behind some direct models.
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Ian McKenna: The new wave of FS tech
20 Feb 2012
F&TRC director reports from this year’s Finovate conference.
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Institute sets up level three qualification
16 February 2012
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IShares looks to set up long-duration gilt ETF
17 Feb 2012
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Kames targets derivatives and property shares for Aegon fund
17 Feb 2012
Kames Capital is planning to introduce derivatives and property shares to its £968m Aegon UK property fund to increase its liquidity.
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Lakey: Insurers must stop using activity-based definitions
21 Feb 2012
Alan Lakey says insurers must end their use of the “dubious claims criteria”.
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Liechtenstein deal extended by HMRC
16 February 2012
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MM leader: Aifa needs to step up to the mark
16 Feb 2012
Ami’s decision to break away from Aifa means another senior and valuable staff member is leaving the adviser trade body.
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MM Profile: Robert White
16 Feb 2012
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Moody’s warns it may cut 17 banks’ ratings
16 Feb 2012
Moody’s has warned it may cut the credit ratings of 17 banks and financial services companies.
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Morgan Stanley job cuts loom on derivatives
17 Feb 2012
Morgan Stanley European head of structured product marketing Sophie Barnett has been put on consultation along with other members of the equity derivatives team, Money Marketing understands.
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MPs press for products that fund LTC costs
16 February 2012
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Multi- manager View
16 February 2012
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Niche work if you can get it
17 Feb 2012
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Out of context
16 February 2012
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Pensions regulator issues auto-enrol warning for small DC schemes
16 Feb 2012
TPR warns employers and trustees of the 4,000 DC schemes with fewer than 1,000 members that they may not be considered suitable for automatic enrolment.
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Personal Touch chief exec Crawford quits
16 February 2012
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Portugese in a storm
20 Feb 2012
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PruProtect warning over access requests
17 Feb 2012
PruProtect has criticised insurers’ use of subject access requests to bypass GP reports when obtaining customers’ medical information.
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Reality checks
16 February 2012
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Rental value
16 February 2012
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Repos at lowest level in five years
16 February 2012
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Rowan Dartington to launch model portfolio service
16 Feb 2012
Rowan Dartington is to launch five risk-rated model portfolios and three direct shares and collectives portfolios.
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Scale warning
16 February 2012
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Scottish Widows sets out its 'mid-market' adviser strategy
16 Feb 2012
Chief executive Toby Strauss on the firm’s plans for the intermediary market
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Shaky markets subdue with-profits bonuses
16 Feb 2012
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Standard's UK equity fund on income black list
16 February 2012
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Survey ordnance
17 Feb 2012
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Swiss Re launches online health rating tool
16 Feb 2012
Swiss Re is launching an online tool that analyses how healthy consumers are to identify appropriate life insurance products.
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Tax relief axe threat to auto enrolment
16 Feb 2012
Pension experts warn that any Government move to cut tax relief for higher-earners in the Budget could risk derailing automatic enrolment.
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The biggest 10 FSCS investment intermediation payouts
20 Feb 2012
We look at the roll of shame that cost advisers nearly £500m.
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The cost of caution
16 February 2012
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The Towry allegations
15 Feb 2012
The court case brought by Towry against IFA firm Raymond James and seven former Edward Jones advisers centred on allegations that advisers breached non-solicitation clauses in their restricted covenants and solicited clients.
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Threesixty raises concerns over adviser platform deals
17 Feb 2012
Threesixty says the FSA may look to ban advisers from taking margins from platforms under distribution deals.
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Tom Baigrie: Wheatley's chance to end 25 years of bad regulation
21 Feb 2012
Tom Baigrie says Martin Wheatley must act quickly to end 25 years of poor regulation.
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Towry plea for more time to pay costs is refused
16 Feb 2012
Towry’s request for additional time to pay the first half of Raymond James’ £1.2m court costs.
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TPR bans pension trustees for breaches
16 February 2012
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Treasury sets up group to develop simple products
16 February 2012
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What would Scottish independence mean for financial services?
16 February 2012
Aside from the economics of independence, the spectre of an independent Scotland raises problems for a large number of financial services companies
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Why can't we have proper OMO figures?
16 Feb 2012
The FSMA needs to be changed to let the FSA probe annuities
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Wide variations in CII pass rates
17 Feb 2012
Pass rates for the Chartered Insurance Institute’s diploma in financial planning modules range from just under 40% to almost 80% for last year.
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Widows plans enhanced annuity and will look at equity release
16 Feb 2012
Provider will offer an enhanced annuity as part of its forthcoming mid-market annuity suite.
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Wither forecast
16 February 2012





