An adviser has attempted to dissuade fellow IFAs from seeing reviewing systems and regulations, such as the upcoming RDR, as a burden. He instead argues that such systems can be used to a commercial advantage by advisers as they help to create a set of...
A number of trade unions are currently balloting their members to see if they would support strike action over the Government's pensions schemes, particular its plans to reform public sector pensions....
The head of FEIFA has claimed that the upcoming Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will do little to alter the trepidation that IFA's experience when it comes to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). He believes that the advisers will still not have a full grasp of how...
A mortgage broken has been banned and fined £250,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after it emerged that he had carried out large scale fraud on a host of mortgage applications....
The FSA have fined the Essex based Swift 1st Limited after finding the company guilty of treating a number of their customers unfairly. The company, which offers sub-prime mortgage lending services, were accused of treating a section of customers facing mortgage arrears without due diligence....
The conservative party and David Cameron have both come out in slight opposition to a recent proposal from a group of top economists that the 50p tax rate should be ended....
According to the Financial Times, the Financial Services Authority has announced a proposal to extend the examination standards for managing investments to include modules that will benefit future students as the RDR is set to be put in place. They propose two new standards covering...
The Financial Services authority has taken out an interim injunction at the High Court to freeze the assets of several investment firms and traders the regulator says have manipulated share prices on UK trading platforms. In the wake of the financial crisis, the crackdown on the...
During the current support staff strike, students at Ontario's 24 community colleges may not be able to get loans and take advantage of other financial services offered by the province. College councillors who help students with financial issues and OSAP applications are among the 8,000 striking...
A prestigious business publication honors a national financial services company for its growth, for the second time in 2011. In its annual Inc. buy Antibiotics online 500|5000 list of private companies, Inc. magazine, which has an international readership, named Foundation Financial Group ( http://www.ffg.com...