IFA Berry Birch & Noble has appointed Colin Cameron as a director. He joins from Aon Consulting where he spent 13 years as a senior consultant and board director.
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SOBS says Halifax takeover means 'slash and burn' redundancies
Save Our Building Societies is calling for job-protection guarantees for Birmingham Midshires' employees ahead of the society's proposed £750m merger with Halifax.The pressure group is urging Birmingham Midshires members to push for a 10-year safeguard for jobs and branches. Halifax says it "intends to avoid compulsory redundancies".Sobs coordinator Bob Goodall says: "The Halifax will slash […]
NPI meet PIA requirements on pension fund withdrawals
NPI says it is one of only four major IFA providers to have already complied with PIA guidelines on pension fund withdrawals.It says its drawdown illustration system has been amended to show both critical yield type A and type B on a client specific basis as stated in the PIA guidance notes.Drawdown Product Manager Jim […]
PIA suspends Manchester-based Barclay Scott & Co
The PIA has issued an Intervention Notice against Barclay Scott & Co which will prohibit it from soliciting or conducting regulated investment business.The regulator says the firm may not be complying with its financial resources requirements and may not be able to meet the liabilities as they fall due.It says the firm has also failed […]
Portman withdraws oversubscribed bond from sale
Portman Building Society is withdrawing its one-year fixed-interest bond because it has been inundated with inquiries.The bond was launched three weeks ago with an interest rate of 6.5 per cent gross per year.Portman spokesman Mike Dobson says: "Demand has been extremely heavy and this pressure has forced us to replace the product."It is being replaced […]
Understanding the new State Pension
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled a new communications campaign to raise awareness of the new State Pension that will be launched next year.
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Intrinsic pays redress over pension transfer advice complaint
Intrinsic must compensate a client for the pension transfer advice it gave them. According to a Financial Ombudsman Service decision, in 2015 Mrs C was told to transfer her two existing personal pensions valued around £80,000 to a new Sipp provider. This money was placed in a scheme where Mrs C could adopt a dynamic […]
Phil Wickenden: The gauntlet has been laid for annuities
“There is nothing permanent except change”, so said the “weeping philosopher” Heraclitus circa 500 BC. Few would argue change was not needed in the retirement income market; it is just no one expected it to be so inorganic and non-negotiable. The impact of the pension freedoms Budget bombshell in 2014 was immediate and significant. Revisiting […]
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True Potential in-house fund range more than doubles to £4bn
True Potential has grown assets in its discretionary portfolios by £2.1bn in 2017. In its annual results, published today, the platform says it has attracted £3.8bn assets in its in-house funds in 2017, up from £1.7bn in the previous year. Assets into the funds were at £0.7bn in 2015. Since launch in October 2015, True […]
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