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GBST chief on powering the UK’s platforms
You only have to look at Old Mutual Wealth’s latest results to see how crucial keeping up with technology has become to financial services. The giant provider has had to write off another £250m and a further two years as a result of delays in upgrading the technology powering its platform. When the project is […]
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Nic Cicutti: Why Paul Lewis is wrong on advice vs guidance
What is the difference between advice and guidance? I have been pondering the subject over the past few days in the wake of a thoughtful article in Money Marketing by my fellow columnist Paul Lewis. Paul writes about the impending demise of the Money Advice Service, for which he made a number of videos about annuities. […]
MPs give HMRC six months to crack down on tax fraud
A damning report from Parliament’s public spending watchdog has given HM Revenue & Customs six months to set out its strategy for tackling tax fraud. The Public Accounts Committee raised serious concerns about the ability of the UK’s tax authorities to prosecute tax dodgers, as well as its effectiveness as a deterrent. In particular, the […]
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Apfa demands stronger claims management crackdown
Apfa has outlined a raft of new proposals to strengthen regulation of claims management companies as part of its response to a Ministry of Justice consultation. The MoJ unveiled its plans for the CMC market in mid-February, and took responses to the reforms in a consultation that closed yesterday. At the time, Apfa said the […]
Why the next Fed rate move might be down, not up, and how that’s not remotely priced in
Over the last seven years you have probably read countless articles and had endless discussions about when the Federal Reserve (Fed) is next going to hike. The chart below shows the Fed Funds rate implied by the market at the beginning of each year since 2010. The Fed did finally edge rates higher in December […]
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Smart ways to deal with work’s biggest stressors
Psychologist and author of Resilient Me, Sam Owens, shares her key insights for facing work’s challenges and building resilience
Good life gurus: Kathryn and Alan Knowles
Welcome to the fourth instalment of our good life gurus series. We talk to IFA’s Kathryn and Alan Knowles to find out how they got started with an exercise regime and how a healthy lifestyle helps them with work-life balance.
FCA to ask small advice firms how regulation impacts them
The FCA has announced a project to better understand how its rules affect smaller firms, including financial advisers. The regulator published a note today informing firms that it would soon conduct a survey to specifically identify how FCA rules impact them, to “help ensure FCA cost benefit analyses and judgements of proportionality take account of […]