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IFA Magazine
Mind the gap: do advisers think the advice gap is growing?For years, the financial advice profession has been grappling with the challenge of trying to make financial advice accessible to more and more people. There is
FTAdviser.com
Advice gap is expanding, advisers sayMore than 70 per cent of advisers say the advice gap has expanded in the past five years according to research from Intelliflo
Financial Reporter
Bank of England doubles government bond purchase limits in further support measuresThe Bank of England has announced additional measures to support market functioning and support an orderly end of its purchase scheme which is in the final week of operations.
IFA Magazine
Bank of England announces additional measures to support market functioning - reactionThis morning, the Bank of England has announced a series of additional measures to support the government bond market, including the launch of a Temporary Expan
Professional Adviser
IFAs blast pensions lifestyling strategies as ‘lifestealing’IFAs have blasted lifestyling strategies used by many work-based pensions, labelling them ‘lifestealing’ and ‘a lazy, horrific idea’ from a bygone era, research has found.
Pensions Age
Market volatility prompts concerns over pension lifestyling fundsIndustry experts have suggested that lifestyling approaches may need to evolve in light of the impact of recent market volatility, with industry analysis revealing that the average annuity-hedging fund...
IFA Magazine
Do we need to rethink the risk around asset classes & the ‘lifestyling’ in pensions? verdict from IFAs after a turbulent...Worries about interest rate volatility following Chancellor Kwarteng’s (not so) mini-budget, as well as rising rates and the huge turbulence and concerns in th
Mortgage Strategy
Questions raised over Scottish rent freeze legislation | Mortgage StrategyScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a rent freeze, designed to help tenants stay on top of their finances, amid spiralling energy bills and rising prices. The SNP, part of a coalition...
inews.co.uk
Pension investments under threat as gilts crash in valuePensions time bomb warning as £150bn wiped off the value of gilts, marking the biggest fall in 30 years
This Is Money
Fix your finances in your 40s: What to check with a financial adviserIt’s an important decade as this often marks the halfway point between entering the workforce and retirement age.
Daily Mail
Fix your finances in your 40s: What to check with a financial adviserIt’s an important decade as this often marks the halfway point between entering the workforce and retirement age.
IFA Magazine
ONS: only 46% of people expect to be able to save money in 2022 - advisers voice their concernsFollowing the ONS report published this morning which shows that, in December 2021, less than half of people (46%) thought they would be able to save money i
IFA Magazine
Inflation - what are the experts saying?11 investment and finance experts share their thoughts on today’s UK inflation figures. Paul Craig, portfolio manager at Quilter Investors: “It’s back
International Adviser
Robo-adviser exits ‘saturated’ UK marketIt will transfer client book to digital wealth manager Moneyfarm by end of January 2022 #roboadvice #ukadviser
The Armchair Trader
Low cost investment app Wealthsimple announces exit from UK marketLow cost investment app Wealthsimple has announced that it is exiting the UK market and transferring accounts to Moneyfarm.
Money Marketing
Autumn Budget 2021: Financial services industry reactsChancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday (27 October) announced his Budget and Spending Review for autumn 2021, and our inboxes exploded with reaction from the financial services industry.
Startups.co.uk
What do small businesses want from the budget? - Startups.co.ukThe government will announce its first budget since pandemic restrictions lifted. We ask SMEs what they want from the spending review.
Express.co.uk
Inflation jumps to record high as savings lose value - ‘like a sledgehammer to savers’INFLATION figures were released today and the ONS confirmed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen. This followed a brief dip in the summer and it is now expected to rise to around four percent by the...
Express.co.uk
Taxpayers to be ‘clobbered with large fines from HMRC’ as tax gap rises - what can you do?HMRC released tax gap data today, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to the Government, and what is actually paid. The gap is estimated to be £35billion,...
Freelance Informer
ONS reveals £35bn in missing tax paymentsSome wealth planners are expecting radical changes to the UK tax system in the next few years, following the pandemic.
Londonlovesbusiness
ONS: ‘tax gap’ estimated to be £35bn, or 5.3%The ‘tax gap’ is shrinking, according to an Office for National statistics report published today, entitled ‘Measuring tax gaps’. The ‘tax gap’ is the difference between the amount of tax that…
Financial Planning Today
Fewer people stopped saving into pensions during pandemicThe percentage of workplace pension savers who actively stopped saving has fallen slightly during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to data released this morning. The proportion of workplace pension...
Financial Planning Today
Bank of England maintains rate at 0.1%The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has held interest rates at 0.1%, despite rising inflation fears. The MPC voted unanimously in favour of holding rates. In recent months inflation has...
Mortgage Strategy
BoE keeps interest rate at 0.10%; expects inflation to hit 4% | Mortgage StrategyThe Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously voted to keep the bank rate at 0.10%. It also voted, by seven to one, to continue buying corporate bonds for its quantitative easing...
New Model Adviser
Meet the new firm: ‘Our clients don’t browse Twitter all day. We’re there when they look up’