Industry welcomes FCA extension to SDR naming and marketing rules
Firms can have until April 2025 to comply with the rules in ‘exceptional circumstances’
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Trust cost disclosure bill receives first reading in House of Lords
Following the change of government in July
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Over 1,200 UK funds facing ‘urgent compliance deadline’ for SDR naming and marketing rules
The 2 December SDR deadline is for funds seeking to utilise sustainability-related terminology in fund name
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Premier Miton Global Renewables trust drops ‘sustainable’ from investment objective
The trust opted out of the FCA’s new SDR labelling, which looks to combat greenwashing
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Ex-Barclays Wealth chief executive Kalaris loses appeal against FCA
Kalaris loses appeal to perform senior management duties at firm Saranac
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Is a bitcoin allocation a diversification ‘cheat code’?
A 1% bitcoin allocation in a 60/40 portfolio could have added an annualised 0.67% to returns over the last 11 years
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Dynamic Planner’s Ben Goss: Waiting for crypto
The US regulator’s approval of the first ETFs to track the spot price of bitcoin suggests change is in the air, writes Ben Goss, CEO of Dynamic Planner
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One year of Consumer Duty: Industry grapples with advice gap amid added requirements
Research from the lang cat and Octopus Money shows move away from smaller clients
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FCA remodels capital raising rules in bid to boost UK markets
Companies won’t be required to publish a prospectus for capital raising below 75% of the total of existing shares
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FCA fines Coinbase UK subsidiary £3.5m for onboarding high-risk clients
CB Payments Limited onboarded more than 13,000 high-risk clients who executed $226m worth of transactions
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Discounting net zero: Investment trust sector ‘re-embracing’ ESG values
JTC Groups’ Simon Gordon explains how the renewables trust sector is showing signs of recovery
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Vulnerable clients: How can the unseen be seen by wealth managers?
Given all clients have the potential to be vulnerable, why are so many firms failing to acknowledge the existence of at-risk investors?
