The FCA has proposed new measures to enhance people's access to financial advice so they can make investments with confidence, in accordance with its consumer investment strategy. The FCA says the proposals...
Wealth Wizards has appointed Ben Hampton as chief executive. Hampton will take up the role from 1 January 2023 at which point, founder and current chief executive, Andrew Firth, will continue as...
SEI has appointed Natalie Winterfrost of LawDebenture (LawDeb) as trustee director to SEI’s Master Trusts, with LawDeb added to the Board of the trustee company. Winterfrost, a chartered financial analyst, has over...
Total AUM decreased 5 per cent to £218bn in 2022, primarily as a result of rising yields driving declines in gilts and LDI portfolios and the challenging environment for growth assets, according...
The DWP project to fix hundreds of thousands of errors in state pension payments is still well behind schedule, according to LCP partner Steve Webb. DWP has admitted that there are systematic...
More companies are looking to enhance their benefit offering this year, despite cost constraints, according to new research. Gallagher found eight out of 10 employers who are planning changes to their benefit...
Nearly 73 per cent of financial advisers believe the gap between those who get financial advice and who want it expanded over the last 5 years, with more than half describing it...
More than half (53 per cent) of DC pension pots accessed for the first time last year were by 'DIY dippers', who did not receive any support from a financial adviser or...
Former Bupa commercial director Patrick Watt has taken a role at Nord Anglia Education as its chief admissions officer, leaving the healthcare industry altogether. Watt left Bupa in August following a restructuring...
Aviva is launching a range of enhanced private medical insurance benefits for large corporate clients. Employers insured by Aviva's Optimum or Optimum Referral healthcare plans will have access to four new benefit...
