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LV= pensions head moves to Nest
Former LV= pensions head Ray Chinn has joined Government-backed auto-enrolment Nest. After 10 years at LV= Chinn left the firm in March. He has now joined Nest as head of retirement options. Chinn was also deputy chair of the ILAG Wealth Management Strategy Group until January this year, and was a product development manager at […]
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Advisers stand by Old Mutual amid replatforming U-turn
Nearly 90 per cent of advisers say they won’t shift platform despite provider backtracking on replatforming deal Advisers have said they are likely to stick with Old Mutual after the provider cut ties with its replatforming provider IFDS. Last week, Old Mutual announced it had cancelled the estimated £450m deal to update its current technology […]
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Candid’s Justin Modray: ‘Advisers have used RDR as an excuse to jack up fees’
Living up to the name of his business, Candid Financial Advice director Justin Modray thinks most advisers charge too much for what they provide. It is a bugbear he speaks about regularly, provoking criticism from those who attribute rising advice costs to an increased workload post-RDR and pension freedoms. So what does he see as […]
The employment cost of The Big Society
Those with long memories will remember that in the run up to the 2010 general election there was much talk from the Conservative Party around a rather nebulous beast – The Big Society.
Martin: Indiscriminate selling creating opportunities
By Mark Martin, Head of UK Equities, Neptune Investment Management The start of 2016 has been one of the most tumultuous periods in recent years for UK markets, with the FTSE 100 Index briefly entering bear market territory in the middle of January. Fuelled by a collapse in the oil price and escalating concerns over […]
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SJP plans 10-day blackout for replatforming
Advice giant St James’s Place will block access to its investment platform for 10 days while it migrates services to a new provider. SJP tells Money Marketing that the work will affect online service ability for clients between 19 October and 29 October. A spokesman says: “SJP will carry out essential maintenance to our systems as part […]
Can advisers really beat the market downturn?
This summer saw the S&P 500 rule headlines for enjoying the longest-running bull market in history. Yet, as per the old adage, what goes up inevitably comes down, and it is the job of advisers to manage clients’ portfolios accordingly – either directly or via the third-party investment services they use. A crude assumption might […]
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Tom Hegarty: Should paraplanners be Level 4 qualified?
There is currently no minimum qualification level, but the majority of advisers think this needs to change The role of the paraplanner is a relatively new one and its definition and responsibilities can differ hugely between firms. According to the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the role can be broken down into four key […]