‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Industry calls for FCA consultation amid trust test-taking woes
Platforms requiring retail investors to undertake knowledge tests before buying certain trusts is bruising the already-ailing sector
Consumer Duty
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View from the top: Jane Nicholls on aligning the ’wheel
Redwheel’s head of business development
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FCA increases spending and aims to bolster UK stockmarket in 2024/25 business plans
Will increase its workforce to 5,000 staff members by the end of March 2024
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Wealth manager Q&A with James Fishbourne: Seeing the wood for the trees
Though volatile markets are unnerving for both wealth managers and their clients, Sarasin & Partners’ James Fishbourne says it is during these times you learn long-lasting lessons
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St James’s Place share price falls over 30% following full-year results
Citi and JP Morgan Cazenove react to dividend cuts and provisions
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View from the top: Pimfa’s Liz Field on Consumer Duty and the ‘new emerging rule book’
Liz Field, chief executive of Pimfa, looks back at a trio of huge regulatory projects – and ahead to what the coming year has in store for the trade body and its membership
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Morningstar: There’s no finish line in sight for Consumer Duty
The race for Consumer Duty has only just begun, writes Morningstar’s Steve Owen
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Quilter boosted by spike in adviser flows to platform
Jump of 44% on the inflows through the same route a year ago
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Trading tantrums: Should DIY platforms stop treating investors like children?
In restricting access to certain funds and trusts, are platforms making an assumption that DIY investors are incapable of grown-up value assessments?
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View from the top: Words and deeds
Janus Henderson Investors’ CEO Ali Dibadj discusses how a crowdsourced exercise to identify what makes the firm tick can benefit ‘clients and clients’ clients’
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Boring Money and Broadridge launch Consumer Duty data solution
Brings together Broadridge’s value reporting and data with Boring Money’s demographic and perception data
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Robert Burdett Q&A: ‘This is a people business’
The head of Columbia Threadneedle’s multi-manager team discusses passive investing, the trend for short-termism and the importance of making industry connections