Assureweb accounts
In last week’s edition of Money Marketing, we stated that Assureweb’s accounts were three months late. This is not the case. All accounts and returns are appropriately filed at Companies House.
Hedge fund reveals distressed mortgage appetite
A US hedge fund has revealed that its main acquisition target is now distressed, under-valued mortgage debt.
Own goals
At a time when the number of purely acquisitive IFA businesses appears to be increasing, it brings up an important question for every adviser to consider – who owns a client?
Banks expected to set their own exams to ward off poaching
Raising minimum qualification requirements for the sales advice channel to QCA level four will not provide a good source of recruits to the advice sector, says Money Portal head of distribution strategy Alan Easter.
RDR roundabout
The RDR merry-go-round keeps turning. Off come basic advice and the sole options of sales or independent advice, and on jump “sales advice” and “guided sales”.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
Paul Fidell, Head of Business Development (Investments), writes about one of the primary challenges for those involved in estate planning. He looks at dealing with investment uncertainty in these low growth, low inflation but still volatile investment conditions. Protection of capital, to leave something for beneficiaries, is a fundamental objective of many people’s plans for […]
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Sign up Borrowers spend billions in unnecessary interest: Private Finance
Private Finance has concluded that a borrower on an average standard variable rate could save over £4,500 a year by switching to a two-year fixed rate deal. The mortgage broker says, in total, borrowers pay £15.4bn a year in SVR interest, with the typical rate on a 75 per cent LTV loan being 4.39 per […]
Tony Wickenden: Offshore investing shouldn’t be out of bounds
Negative headlines have made offshore investing look fraught with difficulties, but overlooking them could be doing clients a disservice In the lead-up to 30 September you may have read a bit about the “requirement to correct” with regards to the offshore investments of UK residents. You may also have wondered exactly what it was. The RTC […]
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Dennis Hall: What if what we learned was wrong?
What if we did not know as much as we thought we did? And what if some of what we learned was actually wrong? How would we find out? I do not have the answer but the recent introduction of a re-evaluation exam by the FCA and the Chartered Insurance Institute could be a step […]