DFMs split on merits of a less chummy industry
Platforms and passives accused of severing relationships
IFA
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Advised clients fail to jump on board as ETFs eclipse index funds
ETFs account for almost half of passive assets in Europe
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Advisers about to be ‘tested to destruction’ on client portfolios
Market volatility and Mifid II fees disclosure set to put investments to the test
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Scott Goodsir: What Hargreaves gets wrong on adviser charges
Hargreaves boss accused advice industry of charging ‘premium pricing’
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Hargreaves pans ‘premium pricing’ charged by advisers
Chris Hill says their platform charge is actually 0.23% after fund discounts
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Charles Stanley hires sales trio to target regional IFAs
Wealth manager raids Prudential, Suffolk Life and Morningstar for expertise
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Industry squabbles over pension freedoms and suitability
Freedom and choice brings a whole new set of problems for advisers tackling transfers
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More than 40% of UK investors avoid risk at all costs
Investors fear making the wrong decision with their savings
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Adviser who gambled with client money jailed for eight years
Southport man used £4.5m of his victims’ money to fund his ‘extravagant’ lifestyle
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Who’s to blame for the pensions transfer debacle?
Some accuse the FCA of using skewed data to paint a negative picture, others fault advisers
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Tilney loses more staff to Charles Stanley’s Scottish expansion
Wealth manager is seeking further hires for its new Aberdeen office
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Retail investors going ‘whole hog’ on cash leaves industry aghast
Advisers reveal some investors are pulling entire portfolios from the market
