How can advisers survive 140% hikes in regulatory fees?
‘The polluter seldom pays and the burden is lumped upon well-run, low risk firms’
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Is the advice sector on a post-Covid collision course?
One in five advisers believes virus crisis will trigger a mass exodus worse than RDR
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How the UK advice sector could take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s youth employment incentives
The £2bn kickstart scheme will subsidise wages of young people who are at risk of unemployment
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How has coronavirus changed the financial advice M&A market?
‘Some companies may be dissuaded from selling due to the uncertainty’
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Ex-SJP man launches IFA referral service
‘We want to be represented as referral generators as opposed to lead generators’
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Aviva plays down rumours it is scaling down its advice arm
‘We are committed to this market and to continuing to offer this important service’
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Fidelity eyes foray into UK advice market
Vanguard landed regulatory approval for a financial advice offering earlier this year
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FCA bans contingent charging for DB pension transfers
The steps will help ‘good advisers, who often advise to stay put, to compete in the market’
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How the coronavirus is affecting retirement plans for advised clients
Half of advisers surveyed by Schroders have clients who are planning to delay retirement due to Covid-19
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Advisers see ESG as opportunity to grow their businesses amid Covid-19 outbreak
Two separate reports published this month look at adviser attitudes to ESG
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Can advisers still sell their businesses during the pandemic?
‘There is no hiding from the fact there will be an impact on the M&A market’
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Nearly half of UK advice firms will need to furlough staff
14% claim their business will go bust without access to funding
