Acting head of sales Shaun l’Anson has left Preferred Mortgages to join Beacon Group as head of lending.
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A law unto itself
I would like to pose a question or two for the regulator and for the regulated. How far should a regulator be able to change things simply to make its life easier?
Cavanagh opens office in Chichester
National IFA Cavanagh Group is opening an office in Chichester with a team of five consultants who previously worked at Barclays Wealth.Cavanagh Group managing director Simon Redgrove says: “As well as our operations across the rest of the UK, Cavanagh’s aim is to continue to build the largest quality IFA business operating along the South […]
The GMAC-RFC dilemma: to tighten or not to tighten
I am considering taking bets on how many times I will be writing my blog on the current liquidity crisis following the continued fallout from the US sub-prime crash.
SLI given enhanced bond role by The Pensions Trust
Standard Life Investments has been appointed as a bond manager on The Pensions Trust’s UK gilt portfolio, following a restructure by the firm.
Lifetime Isa – Long-term savings scheme or Trojan Horse?
Steve Webb, our Director of Policy and External Communications, considers the new Lifetime Isa When the Green Paper on ‘Strengthening the Incentive to Save’ was published last summer, we thought the 2016 Budget might be a momentous one for pensions. Radical reform to pension tax relief was on the table, with the lead options including […]
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Building the perfect financial adviser
Can you go from zero to planning hero? New recruits are not entering the advice industry at the rate required to meet the growing need for service, despite strong salaries and job satisfaction. A joint report from recruitment consultants BWD and Money Marketing earlier this year showed average adviser earnings soared to £93,100 in 2017, […]
Pensions minister: Govt won’t rush into auto-enrolment solution for self-employed
The government will not rush into a “single saving intervention” for self-employed workers because such a move could be counter-productive, Pensions minister Guy Opperman says. In a letter to work and pensions select committee chairman and MP Frank Field, Opperman says testing and understanding what works is critical to any good intervention. Opperman was responding […]
SJP positive on academy growth
St James’s Place is positive about the growth of its 250-strong academy despite reporting a loss in its advice arm for 2017 earlier this month. The restricted advice giant posted a loss of £35.4m for 2017, an increase on the £24.8m loss in 2016. A breakdown of SJP trainees provided to Money Marketing by the […]
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