18th Dec 2009 - Fair Investment
Investment advisers will need to meet enhanced standards of professionalism under new proposals by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), as it plans to "rebuild people's trust and confidence" in the investment market.
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17th Dec 2009 - www.ifaonline.co.uk
IFAs are losing interest in retirement savings products as more flexible alternatives become increasingly important, according to Defaqto.
17th Dec 2009 - www.ftadviser.com
Cost is not the only factor in the FSA pushing for the professional standards board to be an in-house rather than external, independent organisation, according to Sheila Nicoll.
16th Dec 2009 - www.professionalpensions.com
Advice on group personal pensions should be paid for on a fee basis, even if employees receive no individual advice, the Financial Services Authority says.
16th Dec 2009 - IFA Online.co.uk
16th Dec 2009 - www.ftadviser.com
The FSA has scrapped an independent Professional Standards Board but revealed on-the-job continuing professional development will count towards it Retail Distribution Review qualification requirements.
15th Dec 2009 - Yahoo! Finance UK
By Denise Law
This Christmas many children could receive a pension from their parents after independent financial advisers voted for these products as the best financial gift for youngsters, acccording to a poll undertaken by The Exchange.
14th Dec 2009 - www.professionalpensions.com
Great-West Retirement Services (Europe) has withdrawn from the competitive dialogue process for personal account scheme administration services.
10th Dec 2009 - IFAtalk.co.uk
PADA statement
"The Government has made absolutely clear that it is committed to the pension reform programme. As the Chancellor said in his speech the reforms are going ahead, and the employer duties will be staged in from October 2012
9th Dec 2009 - FT Adviser
The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (Pada) has responded to chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report, which said the scheme may take longer to launch fully.
9th Dec 2009 - FT Adviser
Moments before Alistair Darling delivered his pre-Budget speech his predecessor and boss, Gordon Brown, said he backed child trust funds for all.
9th Dec 2009 - Telegraph.co.uk
The Pre-Budget could be Labour's last for a while. Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, has very little to play with given the perilous state of Britain's finances but with a General Election looming he needs to appease the electorate. So are you a winner or a loser?
9th Dec 2009 - FT Adviser
The implementation of Personal Accounts looks set to be delayed by a further year in the pre-Budget report (PBR) today (9 December), in a move hoped to save the Treasury between £1bn and £2bn in tax relief contributions.
7th Dec 2009 - Telegraph.co.uk
Would-be investors are potentially missing out as 95pc of the population admit to not fully understanding the advantages of investing in an ISA, the fund manager says.
7th Dec 2009 - Fair Investment
Brits are failing to make savings a priority despite the current financial instability, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has said.
New research by NS&I has revealed that over the past five years Brits have not made saving for the future or a rainy day a
