FCA to cap pension exit fees at 1%
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority looks set to cap exit charges for existing contract-based personal pensions, including workplace personal pensions, at 1% of the value of a member’s pot.
Author: Kirsten Hastings
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Legg Mason taps global infrastructure income with new fund
Baltimore-headquartered asset manager Legg Mason is to launch an income-oriented global infrastructure fund. Managed by the group’s Australia-based subsidiary Rare Infrastructure, the fund will be made available to investors in the UK onshore fund range.
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Fintech challenge good for banks, says Moodys
The rise of fintech firms has highlighted a digital shift in financial services, but banks will retain a place at the centre of the industry and continue to work, both alongside and in competition, with their new challengers, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
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Seven themes shaping financial markets and investments
The long term trend of easily securing healthy returns is coming to an end and investors now face the challenge of how to generate reliable capital growth and income. Aviva Investors has identified seven drivers of long term investment returns. They can be seen by clicking through the following pages.
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Mercer Jelf launches new strategy in the war for talent
Mercer has launched a financial planning brand in collaboration with sister company Jelf Group.
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UK interest in equities is high but so are barriers to entry
There is a healthy appetite in the UK to invest in equities but a lack of knowledge and understanding is preventing Britons from taking advantage of investment opportunities, according to survey of more than 3,000 people from equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.
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HMRC client criminal activity checks a burden for businesses
HM Revenue & Customs issued 1,468 production orders last year demanding that UK businesses provide information and documents relating to current or former clients suspected of criminal activity, according to city law firm RPC.
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Argentina debt mispriced given regional risks, says Kames
Returning to the international market after a 15-year hiatus, Argentina raised $16.5bn in an oversubscribed debt offering last month, the largest ever for an emerging market. But, according to Scott Fleming, manager of the Kames Emerging Market Bond Fund, the risk was not appropriately priced.
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Investment insights: cuts, yields and opportunities
With the looming threat of dividend cuts and a reversal in bond yields, coupled with the emergence of new growth patterns and value opportunities, click through the following pages to read what five wealth managers think we should be paying attention to.
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Oil, renminbi stabilisation good news for Japan equities
A combination of strong corporate earnings and the stabilisation of both the Chinese renminbi and global oil price are making “deeply undervalued” Japanese equities more attractive, according to Tokyo-based Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management (SNAM).
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Mind the gap: Age a major factor in financial knowledge
There are key generational differences in attitudes towards financial priorities and money management in the UK, but employees of all ages have major gaps in their financial knowledge, according to consultancy and actuarial services firm Barnett Waddingham.
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HMRC not doing enough to tackle tax fraud
HM Revenue & Customs has been accused of not doing enough to tackle tax fraud and making “only limited progress” in reducing the UK’s tax losses, according to the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC).