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Regulation | Feb 02, 2012
FSA seeking almost £580m industry funding
The FSA’s annual funding requirement has increased to almost £580m for 2012, the regulator has announced.
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IFA Industry | Feb 02, 2012Deadline nears for FSCS in bid to recoup Keydata funds
IFAs who have advised on Lifemark-backed Keydata bonds potentially face multi-million pound damages claims as the Financial Services Compensation ...
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Insurance | Feb 02, 2012HSBC execs ‘failed to raise’ mis-selling concerns
Senior executives of HSBC’s retail proposition took advice from the Nursing Home Fees Agency on products and industry, but never raised any ...
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Regulation | Feb 02, 2012
FSA seeking almost £580m industry funding
The FSA’s annual funding requirement has increased to almost £580m for 2012, the regulator has announced.
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IFA Industry | Feb 02, 2012
Show clients you care: life planning speakers
IFAs must set a stress-free business proposition for their clients to establish trust, a financial life planner has claimed.
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Pensions | Feb 02, 2012
Make scheme transfer system ‘more equitable’
IFA Bob Bullivant has called on providers to scrap the existing system of pension scheme transfers in favour of a faster and more equitable ...
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Pensions | Feb 02, 2012
Latto: Sipps could create a generation of millionaires
Parents could help their children retire as millionaires if they start contributing to a self-invested personal pension when they are born, Steve ...
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Firing Line: Martin Reynolds, Simplybiz
Martin Reynolds, chief executive of SimplyBiz, talks to Nicola Culley about the changes he has in mind for the company.
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Feb 02, 2012
Solvency II: Forecasting liabilities
Under Solvency II firms will need to calculate the capital they need to withstand an extreme financial shock
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Feb 02, 2012
Spare a thought for the poor FSCS
The scheme is facing challenges with an increasing amount of compensation and a dwindling source of revenue
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Feb 02, 2012
Sector selection: Beating uncertainty
A sector selection strategy that takes into account a high signal-to-noise ratio may hold the key to investing cautiously yet wisely in times of ...
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Feb 02, 2012
Q&A: When it’s time to wind up
Under proposed government changes, directors of a company will be able to wind up a solvent company themselves without appointing a liquidator and ...
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Learning on the go
CPD forms a vital ingredient in the RDR enhancements as the FSA wants to ensure that knowledge levels are not increased on a temporary basis
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Mystery Shopper: Ashton-under-Lyne
This week the shopper visits Ashton-under-Lyne and she is looking for advice on pensions.