Aim-listed IFA Lighthouse Group is targeting the company pensions and benefits market with a new division called Lighthouse Corporate Benefits. 50 of the firms best qualified pensions advisers will work in the operation.
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Fat chance
For those of you out there who thought IFAs were a healthy bunch of individuals – think again. The Diary has evidence to the contrary. At a recent health conference, Framlington kindly offered IFAs the chance to take a cholesterol test and came up with the worrying statistic that 28 per cent have cholesterol issues. […]
Boomers' moves may cause havoc for FTBs
Baby boomers who hope to use their homes to form part of their pension by downsizing could unleash housing havoc on the market, according to Prudential. Its report, entitled, Equity Release in the UK, suggests that four million homeowners are relying on property to boost their retirement income which is predicted to suffer a shortfall […]
Ingledew back to develop Barclays advice schemes
Former Berkeley Berry Birch chief executive Steve Ingledew has resurfaced at Barclays Financial Planning following his departure from the listed IFA earlier this year. Ingledew will be commercial director of the financial planning division responsible for developing its advisory proposition on the independent and tied sides. He will report to Jim Reeves who, as Money […]
Investment trusts are banned from stakeholder CTF
Parents opening a stakeholder child trust fund will not be able to use investment trusts but will be allowed to invest in unit trusts. The decision to exclude investment trusts has angered IFAs who believe investors should be able to choose the investments they believe will generate the best returns. Product providers in the CTF […]
DB transfers – one more factor to consider
Jim Grant – Senior Product Insight & Technical Support Analyst We look at how higher DB transfer values could cause a lifetime allowance issue and how that affects the advice process. Advisers are receiving an increasing number of requests from clients looking to transfer their pension from final salary schemes to personal pensions. This is a […]
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Intrinsic chief: Advisers must become their own champions in 2019
The heralding of a new year is often positioned as an opportunity to make commitments for the next 12 months. People have the best of intentions as they declare they will exercise more, have a better diet or be kinder. Inevitably, as tumultuous events begin to unfold, however, these promises often fall by the wayside. […]
How advisers invest: ‘It’s best to leave investment and stock picking to the experts’
Beaufort Financial’s Nottingham director Gurmit Nahal on why she outsources investment management and how it enables her to focus on holistic financial planning and strategic oversight of portfolios Do you take care of your investment management in-house, outsource it to a third party or combine both approaches? Why do you do it that way?We outsource […]
Five minutes with…Balance Wealth’s Rebecca Aldridge
Ahead of her appearance at Money Marketing’s flagship conference, Money Marketing Interactive this April, CISI award winner Rebecca Aldridge looks at making numbers more exciting and getting advisers and fund managers on the same page What one word or phrase do you think sums up the state of the financial planning profession today? Over-doing disclosure. Well-intentioned […]
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