Finfluencers are a thing - actually, I’d guess some of them are ‘things’. There are as many AI...
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“One-in-five Brits have less than £1,000 stashed in emergency cash pots”
OK, here’s the real world. Until I was 50-something, four children and after 15 years of...
“‘Advice cannot physically be scaled, even with AI solutions’”
In various presentations and discussions at last week’s big Personal Finance Society Conference,...
“Cash ISA allowance could be cut this month”
The Cash ISA will-she won’t-she Hokey Cokey (kids etc) continues it seems, with our Chancellor...
“Lifetime ISAs leave some with less money than they put in”
Our mantra has long been ’straightforward advice that you can understand’. That can mean trying to...
“Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week”
The Four Day Week was much discussed and trailed post-COVID, when remote-working looked likely to...
“FCA to tear down regulatory barriers in response to government growth calls”
If those ‘regulatory barriers’ can be so easily torn down, it begs the question, why were they...
“Treasury committee asks whether Lifetime Isas are fit for purpose”
ISAs have been simplified, believe it or not, over the years. You can now mix cash and stocks and...
“Half of industry rejects shift to four-day work week”
The supposed move to a four day week has been much trailed and many a firm in many an industry has...
“‘AI could mean advisers can take on 500 clients'”
The ‘optimum’ number of clients which an adviser can effectively look after is much discussed at...
“FOS complaints surge by more than 40% in first half of 2024”
Robbie Williams hit the rock bottom of depression because of the one or two (in the Daily Mail and...
“Industry reacts as FCA probes 20 social media influencers”
‘Influencers’ are a big thing these days. Build yourself a following on social meed-ja (or be a...
“FCA: ‘We’re not against small firms’”
We’ve always been a small firm, even when we thought we were big, as the official classification...
“FCA fines Starling Bank £29m over financial sanctions screening”
All of us at pretty much whatever level have to complete anti-money laundering (AML) training and...
“FCA fines PwC £15mn for failing to disclose suspected fraud at LCF”
The collapse of London Capital reflects badly on the whole of financial services and particularly...