Raymond James brings platform and planning under one role
Raymond James has appointed Anna Pollins as chief commercial officer in an expanded role bringing together a number of the firm’s platform, financial planning and growth operations. Pollins will have...
View ArticleNearly 90% of SJP fund assets meeting or beating benchmarks
Nearly 90% of assets held in St. James’s Place’s main fund unit class performed in line with or ahead of their benchmarks and investment objectives, its latest Assessment of Value report has found. The...
View ArticleThe Adviser’s Dilemma: Rabbit in the headlights
Dear Emma, I'm relatively new to advising and was recently given the opportunity to lead a client review meeting with one of our long-standing clients. My senior colleague was also there, but I was...
View ArticleTaxman takes ‘multi-million pound slice of estates’ as HMRC tax receipts hit...
It was another bumper haul for HMRC between April and August as it collected £391.6bn in total tax and national insurance contributions (NICs). This figure was £24.9bn higher than it collected in the...
View ArticleRoyal London launches estate planning framework for advisers
Royal London has launched an estate and inheritance planning framework to help adviser firms prepare for changes to inheritance tax (IHT) and personal representative responsibilities coming into force...
View ArticleThe Morning Briefing: Invesco launches behavioural intelligence platform...
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Tuesday 22 September 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Invesco launches behavioural intelligence platform technology...
View ArticleInvesco launches behavioural intelligence platform technology
Invesco has launched its personalised investor engine (PIE), a behavioural intelligence platform technology to help banks and wealth platforms turn savers into investors. Rather than replacing a bank...
View ArticleTwo weeks to go until MMI London 2026
There are just two weeks to go until MMI London returns to the capital on Tuesday 6 October. The event, taking place at etc.venues County Hall, will bring together advisers, regulators, investment...
View ArticleMark Glover: How the ‘advice continuum’ is changing the game
Three or four years ago, clients had two options: execution only; or full service financial advice. Things are changing and we’re facing what I like to call the ‘advice continuum’; a term used to...
View ArticleKevin Carr: The FCA’s protection study is an endorsement and a challenge
The FCA’s final findings in its Pure Protection Market Study should be welcomed by financial advisers. Far from signalling a new wave of regulatory intervention, the regulator has largely concluded...
View ArticleFCA joins industry and consumer groups to boost protection take-up
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is joining forces with industry, government and consumer groups to encourage more people to consider protection insurance, after finding millions remain without...
View ArticleAt the Helm: Protecting your brand when a key employee leaves
It is often said that people buy from people, so it makes sense for advice firms to differentiate themselves using the personal brands of their key staff. Clients, and potential clients, are more...
View ArticleWeekend Essay: The Great Wealth Transfer and the great family fallout
When it comes to family, I’ve always considered myself very lucky. That doesn’t mean things are always smooth. As the youngest of three, I can confirm that sibling rivalry has occasionally involved,...
View ArticleThe Week in Brief – 14 Sept to 18 Sept
Money Marketing’s must-reads: Top 10 stories of the week New entrepreneurial ventures and unexpected C-suite shakeups have been hitting the headlines across the UK wealth management sector this week,...
View ArticleThe Morning Briefing: FCA to take AML supervision of 60,000 legal and...
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 18 September 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. FCA to take AML supervision of 60,000 legal and accounting firms The...
View ArticleFCA to take AML supervision of 60,000 legal and accounting firms
The FCA will take on anti-money laundering (AML) supervision of 60,000 entities across the legal and accounting sectors from the end of 2028, as it prepares to expand its risk-based approach to...
View ArticlePPI: Understanding pension outcomes through different working lives
The UK is entering a new phase of pensions policy. Two decades after the first Pensions Commission, automatic enrolment (AE) and a simpler state pension are now embedded in the system. The policy...
View ArticlePlatforms target paperless transfers by December
The UK’s leading investment platforms have committed to eliminating paper-based documents and cheques from investment transfers by December, where operationally feasible, under a new industry Transfers...
View ArticleAlan Hughes: What the AFH case means for acquisitive advice firms
The increasing amount of consolidation in the financial adviser sector continually raises interesting issues for lawyers. The recent judgment in the case brought by AFH Independent Financial Services...
View ArticleReaction as Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75%
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% today (17 September) despite inflation rising to 3.1% in August. Six members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted in favour of the...
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